• Prunebutt@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    “Libertarian” used to be a synonym for left-wing anarchism until Murray Rothbard purposefully co-opted the term and even bragged about it.

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      1 year ago

      Fellow left-wing anarchists: should we just give up on trying to reclaim this word? What do you call yourself among people who don’t know the context?

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        1 year ago

        In Europe it’s way more ambiguous. Also: you can simply specify “left-wing”, or “right-wing” libertarian.

        I usually just say “anarchist”, though ;)