The Cultural Marxist, libertine, communist wing of the libertarian movement is up in arms over the talk given by Jeff Deist last week at Mises University hosted by the Mises Institute and broadcast simultaneously to the Corax 2017 Conference in Malta – with Hans Hoppe in attendance. I have written previously about this talk here; the talk outlines the only path available for libertarians who choose not to contribute to the path chosen by cultural Marxists.
Needless to say, the Antonio Gramsci Libertarians are up in arms. I have already offered two reasons why, in the opening paragraph. Do you see these? I will give a hint: Mises Institute;Hans Hoppe.
What else from Deist’s talk has the left-libertines apoplectic?
The title “For a New Libertarian” is I hope an obvious play on the title of Murray Rothbard’s famous book For a New Liberty.
Hint: Murray Rothbard.
…if [Rothbard] could see where the “public policy” branch of libertarianism has become.
The “public policy” branch being the beltway, mainstream, libertarians.
…Rothbard’s conception of liberty has held up quite well over nearly half a century.
Deist mentions Rothbard again.
Humans are sovereign over their mind and body, meaning you own yourself. From this flows the necessary corollary of property rights…
Left-libertarians are OK with property rights, except when it gets in the way of their “left”; in other words, property rights are OK as long as the property owner is not discriminating.
And these ideas of self-ownership, property rights, and non-aggression ought to apply to everyone, even when a group bands together and call themselves “government.”
Not possible, because if this was true they would have to take the…