37
In the United States, what makes a 'libertarian' right wing? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

And what is a left libertarian? How do the two coalesce into a 'Libertarian Party' in other countries?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] -5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Libertarianism is inherently conservative and right. There is no such thing as a leftist libertarian. The closest you can get is a purely socially left one.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago

    That's not true. Some of the original libertarians were socialists. I had a libertarian phase once upon a time. One thing that was very apparent was that nobody could agree on what libertarianism meant. The only thing they seemed to agree on was that the government should be smaller. The maga movement has adopted the libertarian label for some reason. Despite the government, especially the authoritarian elements being expanded. In the current climate, anybody that proudly claims to be libertarian is either pretending the meaning hasn't changed, or is a maga idiot. Even Penn Jillette, one of the most outspoken libertarians, has since shed the label.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Libertarianism is the opposite of authoritarianism, that is all it is. Just as left is the opposite of right, or progressive vs conservative.

    A far left libertarian is an anarchist, a far right libertarian is a libertarian capitalist.

    Right-libertarian is where you are getting the stereotype of libertarians, like the Tea Party.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago*

    The political compass does more damage than it helps, ultimately. Left vs right is usually about collectivization of some form vs private ownership, but things get weird when you get to "libertarian vs authoritarian." Neither of those really mean anything when the size of the state is related to the class character of society, the size of state isn't really something people pick so much as it is something that is shaped by the mode of production.

    Differences among the left and right are far more nuanced and can't be distilled into "libertarian" vs "authoritarian."

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent