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Originally Posted by Zhukov
Libertarians don't accept the class nature of development, hence "They move away from an economic base and end up with "individualism".
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The author wasn't debating how libertarianism is ideologically similar to communism. A lot of what he's talking about is perception and viability-- Both have become sort of the fringe skeleton in each wing's closet (communism being so for the Left for quite some years now). I think his motive has to do with the seemingly recent, "sexy" appeal to call yourself a "libertarian" on the Right and wrap yourself in the Constitution. I believe it was this authors intent to expose those people, expose their flaws, thus likening them to the status of Communists here in America (i.e. undesirable....sorry).
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If you want to be simple and say that nazism is the marxism of the right, or capitalism is the opposite of communism, then go aead. I thought that this author was at least trying to be more accurate than that.
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I don't think he said that.