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The Answer Libertarians Must Never Find

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“The question libertarians just can’t answer.”

Yes, yes, everyone recognizes this is a blatant, brutishly-insulting argument against libertarianism.  Hell, even *I* show you silver-hoarding freakos more respect than this article.

…But doesn’t that strike you as being a little strange?

Michael Lind is both a pedigreed author and well-connected member of the Cathedral; guest lecturer for Harvard Law, the works.  I am a twenty-something statist writing under the pseudonym of a Japanese video game monster…  Yet Lind’s the one blatantly trolling the Paultards.  Something doesn’t add up.  This article is a sub-par effort by even Salon’s Vaisya standards…  Salon may not be The New York Times or The Atlantic, but neither is it Cracked.com.

What I’m getting at is that in a culture driven by subliminal messaging and viral social marketing, when something is *this* obvious it shouldn’t anger you, it should alarm you.

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So, if this article isn’t meant to be a valid intellectual debunking of libertarianism (and it’s NOT), then what is the purpose?

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In a Mirror Darkly: Marxism and Libertarianism

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“If you want to see Libertarians go full retard, compare them to Marxists.” –Bulbasaur

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If you are like me and you have spent more time than is probably healthy in libertarian political and intellectual circles you have probably taken note of various irritiating and often ironic trends peculiar to the milieu. One such trend is the tendency of libertarian activists and fellow travelers to be converts from the left. They didn’t start as libertarians and they likely will not die libertarians. Some people stay libertarian for their entire political lives, but considering the intellectual dead end of libertarian ethical constructs like the NAP, these types inevitably become pedantic, tedious bores that perseverate on the same dumbed down talking points while hawking cheap, kitschy merchandise to the latest class of noobs as they roll in. Most libertarians came to the  movement  from some other radical community. They are usually more than happy to share the story of their ideological journey into the light if you ask them nicely. Most of these stories, mine included, start with Marxism.

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An Apostate On Libertarians

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3t5jw8Let me begin by stating that I believe everyone reading this article will at least share my desire for a more orderly and prosperous society than what currently exists in the West today. With that said, my criticisms and considerations are mainly directed at libertarians.

I should preface that I myself have been a libertarian since 2007 or so. I supported Ron Paul in 2008 and would have liked to have seen him get the GOP nomination at least in 2012. Besides that I have read, watched and studied libertarian ideology since then, so don’t believe a return criticism that can be leveled at me is, “he just doesn’t understand libertarianism!” In fact, it is my understanding of the subject that informs these criticisms.

Libertarians desire a society that has more personal liberty, economic freedom and less “nanny state” molestation of the individual. These are indeed admirable goals, but their ways of achieving these are mistaken. Many think this can be done through either nonviolence and the non-aggression principle, or a sort of Fabian philosophical drift.

Seeing nothing new under the sun, I’ve come to think, as The Joker put it, “that is the one rule you’ll have to break to know the truth.” To paraphrase him, the only sensible way to live in this world and achieve your goals is not through the absence of rules(ers), but by not allowing everyone to decide on the rules.

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The sickening pretense of non-power

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How liberals see conservatives.

How powerless liberals see their mighty opposition.

Perhaps the most galling aspect of the current liberal political zeitgeist is the pretense by those in power and their supporters that they have no power. Liberal intellectals and political activists maintain the smug conceit that they are “the little guy” fighting for “progress” against a mighty enemy of reaction. Who exactly this enemy is varies depening on the particlar agenda, but in all cases it is an illusion. The reactionary Goliath to the liberal David is an invention, a ghost, a spook, a mere echo of a previous era that maintains only the moribund rump of an existence in the postmodern world. That is assuming it exists at all.

Examples of this trend abound in the endless streams of mindless garbage, snarky humor and pseudo-intellectual fluff that get jammed into the internet tubes on a daily basis and pass for politcal commentary and analysis in our intellectually subprime culture. From the supposedly sober and moderate opinion offered by the establishment at the NY Times down to the quasi-pornographic filth peddled by Gawker Media, every liberal intellectual and activist has their own fantasy demon to slay.

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Fascist Libertarianism: For a Better World

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pinochetHere at ‘The Right Stuff’ we’re always tearing things down and burning bridges. I figured I’d try to write a hopeful article that reaches out to potential right-wing allies and proposes a solution – an article with a positive vision for change. Well, at least it’s as positive as one can be in an article that recommends interning large groups of Americans. I see a potential alliance and compatibility between occidental traditionalists and libertarians. Maybe this is a bridge too far, but it’s really the only way forward for the right.

Creativity, innovation, free actors, decentralization, free markets – it’s all great stuff. This point is granted; spontaneous order is the best. But not always. Sometimes there are extenuating circumstances.

Drastic measures are required. We’re too far gone now. A small elite always rules over the herd, and this elite has the power to mold public opinion. We must become the elite, by any means necessary. Martial law is probably required, and that means the imposition of a fascist leader’s arbitrary will.

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What If Libertarianism Has No Meaning?

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AssemblyRequiredFuck this, I’ll just spam Mises quotes.

What if libertarianism is a useful tool for a government that avoids revolution through materialistic diversion?

What if a libertarian can be a racist or an egalitarian, a socialist or a conservative, a statist or an anarchist? What if you have been too busy arguing over who is the Truest Scotsman to notice how broken the word is fundamentally?

What if your independent and voluntary participation on an-cap/soc/nat message boards and those rational purchases of silver coins and solar panels amount to a herd mentality?

What if concepts like “individuality” are part of a manufactured narrative that serves less to empower, and more to anesthetize?

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MGTOW: Ancapistan For Your Penis

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I AM MURRAY’S FLACCID COCK.

Feminism and Western Civilization.  What do?

The manosphere, a “reactionary” (lol) blogging counterculture that emerged against feminism, is a perfect example of a present day market failure.  All of the free association afforded by the internet, and the demand for an anti-feminist culture produces blogs about picking up skanks and/or celebrating being a sullen asshole.  The former is at least entertaining and educational, the latter is poison.

In the sullen asshole category is the Men Going Their Own Way movement.  Here are bloggers dedicated to moralizing their fearful hatred of the Western vagina.

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