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joshcryer

(62,268 posts)
12. Big L Libertarians appropriated the word to obfuscate the politics.
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 02:00 AM
Aug 2013

Big L Libertarians are not libertarian at all since they're capitalists.

But it's necessary to distinguish them because they do have commonalities with left-libertarian civil properties, at least as far as the rhetoric is concerned. In reality right-libertarians would be fine with indentured servitude and slavery, yes, you heard that right, slavery. Right-libertarians justify slavery because slaves are property, and a good capitalist takes care of their property, so slaves would be better taken care of than regular people. Chomsky has spoken extensively on this contradiction within right-libertarian rhetoric and philosophy.

In reality right-libertarians would be fine with businesses refusing service to black people, gays, whatever, because their business is their property and they can do with it what they wish. In reality right-libertarians would be fine with massive data mining and spying on individuals as a business practice, because that's a legitimate business to have, and corporate secrets are their property.

See how this goes? Right-"libertarians" are basically an absolute Orwellian manifestation.

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