Liberty v. Utopia

[Cold Highway]

I did not invent libertarianism or any of its major elements. I merely apply its insights to understand and explain how politics and politicians have worsened our world and our lives. Libertarianism is a simple philosophy often accused of being simplistic. It is not. It does not deny the complexities and difficulties of life. It does not purport to solve all problems through political means, or even anti-political means. It is not utopian, though it is commonly thought to be so. Libertarianism is simultaneously accused of being utopian and not being utopian enough. We are thought by some to be callous towards the multifarious problems that can plague free people. Both criticisms cannot be true. Actually, neither is true.

The left calls us fascists while the right calls us anarchists, its great.

Liberty v. Utopia by James Ostrowski

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

The left calls us fascists while the right calls us anarchists, its great.

Of course, because that's the Left's standard answer for everyone, and the Right's standard answer for everyone who isn't the Left.

Then again, I seem to recall that many libertarians have a rather unfortunate tendency to label pretty much every non-libertarian political philosophy some variation of "socialist" or "communist." Of course, some libertarians appear to have recently caught up to the rhetoric of the Twentieth century and added "fascist" to their repertoire.

I'd make some snide comment about eventually catching up with the Twenty-First... but for my own politics being rooted in the 1920s.

 

[Cold Highway]

Of course, because that's the Left's standard answer for everyone, and the Right's standard answer for everyone who isn't the Left.

Naw they also calls us terrorist appeasers, communists among other things.