Leave the New Deal In the History Books

[Orange_Juice]

Rush Limbaugh? Hannity? Are we still talking about Libertarians?

They are, on the domestic side of things, libertarians

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Neo-Libertarians? I'm getting confused.

I'm sorry. I jumped in. what was it "new Anarchists/libertarians"?

I was merely saying substitute neo for new. and yes ?I think there are neo-Libertarians and some Anarchists do appear to be of a libertarian bent or is it the other way around?

too tired to think clearly right now. I gotta get me an almond or two.

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[Kevin_Kennedy]

They are, on the domestic side of things, libertarians

Agreement on a few things doesn't make someone a Libertarian.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

I'm sorry. I jumped in. what was it "new Anarchists/libertarians"?

I was merely saying substitute neo for new. and yes ?I think there are neo-Libertarians and some Anarchists do appear to be of a libertarian bent or is it the other way around?

too tired to think clearly right now. I gotta get me an almond or two.

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I have no idea what was meant by "new."

 

[Orange_Juice]

Agreement on a few things doesn't make someone a Libertarian.

I never said they were, I said they piggybacked their anti-government message that gained some popularity from them and their ilk, that's all

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

I never said they were, I said they piggybacked their anti-government message that gained some popularity from them and their ilk, that's all

I'm going to have to quote Mike Tyson and say that I doubt it seriously.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

I have no idea what was meant by "new."

Originally Posted by Kevin_Kennedy:
Yes, it certainly did work. It worked to prolong and worsen the Great Depression by roughly 10 years.

Originally Posted by oj:
At least that's what the new--and I bet short lived--Libertarian/anarchist historians are saying. Doesn't make it true, but that's what those kooks are saying anyway

this was the context

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

this was the context

I don't understand why they're "new" though.

 

[Orange_Juice]

I'm going to have to quote Mike Tyson and say that I doubt it seriously.

About the same level of logic as quoting a Libertarian

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

About the same level of logic as quoting a Libertarian

Sticks and stones may break my bones and so on and so forth.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

I don't understand why they're "new" though.

converts from other ideologies or parties? maybe hostile to libertarianism before?

 

[Orange_Juice]

Sticks and stones may break my bones and so on and so forth.

And holding on to some Utopian anarchist dreams will never save you

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

And holding on to some Utopian anarchist dreams will never save you

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Agnapostate]

That's so true. The Anarchists/libertarians are the new communists. They have an answer to all problems, but its a stupid answer!

Anarchists and legitimate libertarians have always been socialists. The French anarcho-communist Joseph Dejacque was the first person to use the term "libertarian" in print.

At any rate, amusing reference to the New Deal. Roosevelt's legacy can be described without mention to Keynesianism up to the start of the war.

 

[mash107]

And holding on to some Utopian anarchist dreams will never save you

I'd take anarchism/liberty over statism any day of the week, and thankfully, our founders agreed.

I don't understand why anti-market liberals (and neo-conservatives) subscribe to the very same economic policies of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao and all the other statists of the 20th century, but yet reject their domestic policy as regressive and oppressive. Is there really anything more cruel than forcing poverty on people as FDR did?