Throughout the last couple of years, as the Libertarian Party has driven away its old conservative big donors by picking the right side of history on Ukraine, we’ve witnessed an example of what Hegel was talking about in his analysis of how historical forces undergo transitions. No matter how mighty and entrenched a power structure is, the contradictions within it are going to produce an antithesis to its thesis; which is going to bring about a struggle between these two forces, leading to the creation of a synthesis. The antiwar iteration of libertarianism that’s emerged from the libertarian-leaning element of American conservative politics represents an antithesis to the outmoded old thesis, which was the intelligence-aligned, Zionist, pro-imperialist Reaganite free-market political brand. The purveyors of this brand have long tried to keep the antiwar libertarians under control by funding the Libertarian Party, but as of recently they’ve had to abandon this project.
You miss the forest for the trees. While the isolationists aspect of libertarianism is certainly favorable to anti-imperialism you ignore that libertarianism is essentially about rampant individualism and is in practical essence economic. And while I'm certainly not an 'economist' the material considerations are not everything, they certainly are the largest one thing, generally speaking.
So by all means let us use an alliance with them to strengthen the anti-war movement, but to expect the committed libertarian to come around to our way of thinking is a pipe dream.
You miss the forest for the trees. While the isolationists aspect of libertarianism is certainly favorable to anti-imperialism you ignore that libertarianism is essentially about rampant individualism and is in practical essence economic. And while I'm certainly not an 'economist' the material considerations are not everything, they certainly are the largest one thing, generally speaking.
So by all means let us use an alliance with them to strengthen the anti-war movement, but to expect the committed libertarian to come around to our way of thinking is a pipe dream.
Here ya go: http://www.thebellforum.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=240
Dave Mack/blindpig