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depends on the libertarian. and where you are.
in france, the word libertarian is more associated with revolutionary marxism that advocates a socialism based in direct democracy. which is a political vantagepoint i'm pretty sympathetic to. but that entire tradition is antithetical with the type of libertarian(-ism) that's dominant in the states
where the word libertarian seems to refer mostly to people who confuse ayn rand with a philosopher and who actually believe in the existence of entities like the Heroic Individual and capitalist markets that are somehow rational. that's what makes american libertarians so conservative-sounding. and often statements made by libertarians will match point-for-point with mainstream conservatism except that the libertarians will deny that they are mainstream conservatives while mainstream conservatives will not necessarily.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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