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A Radical Idea: Tax Free Libertarian Territories
Throughout this article, I will be using the term “libertarian” in reference to so called ‘American libertarianism’. It is worth noting that, as described, that is but one relatively new and questionable version of libertarianism.
No doubt since I self identify as a libertarian socialist, American style libertarianism frustrates me more than most others. Not only do they routinely label left wing libertarianism as fake or impossible (despite the entire ideology being born from radical leftists, the first use of the word libertarianism attributed to French anarcho-communist Joseph Déjacque), but they barely comprehend the concepts of libertarianism for their own platform.
Check out the video below for a (very) brief explanation of the two types of libertarianism with one of the world’s greatest living intellectuals, Noam Chomsky.
There’s perhaps no better example of the naivety of the libertarian right than one of their favorite slogans, “Taxation is theft”, which they’ve clung to since the “Tea Party” collapsed and picked a more legitimate sounding…
