adam@npois.UUCP (Adam V. Reed) (05/17/85)
cornell!mf writes: > Samuel Edward Konkin III publishes in Southern California the magazine > ``New Libertarian'' and is coordinator of the Movement of the > Libertarian Left. He happens to be on the Editorial Advisory Committee > of the Journal for Historical Review and a notable (in volume of > submissions, I guess) contributor to that kind of literature. > Interestingly enough, the short biographical note appearing in the JHR > mentions ``when not involved in left-libertarian publishing, the author > finds time to engage in science-fiction.'' Best self-characterisation > of historical revisionism I have seen to date! As you may have guessed by now, "New Libertarianism" and "Left Libertarianism" are to Libertarianism as "National Socialism" is to Socialism. In brief, Libertarians are opposed to the growth of political power because they are ethically opposed to coercion. The "Left Libertarians" are opposed to it because they believe that all existing governments are under the control of an "International Zionist Conspiracy". Makes any real Libertarian wish there were a way to copyright "Libertarianism". Incidentally, the contemporary Libertarian movement got its start from a small number of intellectuals - Frank Chodorov, Ludwig von Mises, Ayn Rand, David Friedman, Murray Rothbard, Robert Nozick - all of them Jewish. Some, especially Robert Nozick, see Libertarianism as an outgrowth of the Jewish ethical tradition. Of course, all political movements attract crackpots - but for an anti-semite to call himself a "Libertarian" is especially preposterous. Adam Reed ihnp4!npois!adam