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Stxbuck's avatar

Barry Goldwater as President was the unicorn dream of libertarians…..

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cynthia ramon's avatar

Not to mention, the Goldwater Girl, Hillery. Not a libertarian exactly but a major player in the Ukraine mess and a lot of the messes we face today. How come these creepy politicians from decades ago are still around and wielding power. Sick!

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GadflyBytes's avatar

I saw an interview between Goldwater and Chomsky. Chomsky ran intellectual circles around Goldwater. Just google it.

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alex glanz's avatar

but, Barry could ride his horse in circles around Naom...Populists have friends, too.

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Moe Strausberg's avatar

I never know the right words to explain. Chomsky is a Libertarian and Goldwater was a conservative and Karl Hess III was a libertarian writer and philosopher whose friendship with Goldwater was considered treason by committed Libertarians. Libertarianism is a fundamental change in the way we organize human society. It is the opposite of conservative. Libertarianism is extreme liberalism.

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Moe Strausberg's avatar

Goldwater's speech writer Karl Hess III was a LIbertarian, Goldwater was a shopkeeper. Most Libertarians disowned Hess and considered him a conservative which is fundamentally authoritarian. The idea of a social democracy was part of the enlightenment but in 1776 the founders were divided on the efficacy of social democracy. Adams was a Federalist and we are still waiting for his concession speech from 1800 when Jefferson became president.

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