Electoralism/Democratism

Is Libertarianism Still Relevant or DEAD?

This clip with Michael Lind lays out what the major parties are about nowadays pretty well. The mainstream Democrats are the new Rockefeller Republicans. The academic left is their left flank, and the Republicans are becoming more like the old-style protectionist Democrats. Although at one point in this clip, Lind hilariously confused Fred Dutton with Fred Hampton. He also confuses libertarianism with neoliberalism.

Is libertarianism still relevant in an era dominated by techno-corporate fascism? Jack Murphy and Michael Lind confront the question of what has happened to libertarian philosophy, and how our typical understanding of modern political labels is outdated and misses the mark.

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