Yet.

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    2 years ago

    They most definitely are.

    I don’t know anyone who considers communists to be right-wing, and communists are as classic as libertarianism gets.

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      2 years ago

      Communism and libertarianism have nothing to do with each other. What are you even talking about?

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        They most certainly do! lol

        Go to wiki, look up libertarianism, look under the section etymology.

        In a political context it has always carried the meaning of anarchist - it was coined to differentiate libertarian/anarcho-communists from socialist communists.

        When Rothbard appropriated the term for his neoliberal populism in recent American history, even he was drawing from that basis - although obviously in bad faith, since he promotes a platform of oppression.