debating libertarians

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 6 08:53:00 PDT 1999


Charles Brown wrote:


>I thought there were libertarians on this list. Some of the militia
>groups in the U.S. are libertarian/anarchist, and some people here
>don't like criticism of the militias because of that.

Charles, old comrade, that's not the way I remember it. The way I remember it is that some people, me among them, objected to characterization of "militia groups" as quasi- or crypto- or unmodified-fascist. They're not. Some of them are as organizations, and some members of them are as individuals, but most are deeply individualistic and anti-statist. If fascism means anything it means a powerful state, and these people despise the state.

Many of us, me among them, are social libertarians, in that we believe that consenting adults should be free to do pretty much whatever they want to without complaint or interference from cops or neighbors. But that's another story.

Doug



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