This bastardised libertarianism makes 'freedom' an instrument of oppression
It's the disguise used by those who wish to exploit without restraint, denying the need for the state to protect the 99%
Monbiot, George
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/19/bastardised-libertarianism-makes-freedom-oppression
Date Written: 2011-12-19
Publisher: The Guardian
Year Published: 2011
Resource Type: Article
An argument against modern right-right libertarianism, using the concepts of positive and negative freedoms to illustrate.
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But rightwing libertarians do not recognise this conflict. They speak, like Clare's landlord, as if the same freedom affects everybody in the same way . They assert their freedom affects everybody in the same way. They assert their freedom to pollute, exploit, even - among the gun nuts - to kill, as if these were fundamental human rights. They characterise any attempt to restrain them as tyranny. They refuse to see that there is a clash between the freedom of the pike and the freedom of the minnow.
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