Claorica wrote:Ceannairceach wrote:Libertarian socialists are the majority, actually, so far as "people who identify as libertarian (x)" goes. Another mark against you knowing what you're talking about. Libertarianism predates the American Libertarian Party by at least a century.
Modern Libertarianism has nothing to do with 19th Century Libertarianism (which was socialism). In fact, back then what we call Libertarianism would instead be called Liberalism, and today is still called Classical Liberalism. Because people who ascribe to the ideals of the LP, for the most part (there are some lefties and some crazies) ascribe to the ideals of the Liberalism that Jefferson, Paine, and Henry would espouse.
Yes, I believe that's what I said, in fewer words.