Boing Boing quotes Alan Moore (Creator of V for Vendetta) as saying that the real polar opposites in politics are not right or left but fascist vs. anarchist – i.e. how much government you have.
This clearly does make the political scale less abstract, but the problem is that Anarchy is by definition not really a political stance but an apolitical one.
As another web bubble brews, there was a definite Libertarian smell in the atmosphere at South by Southwest.
By any logical definition of anarchy, Libertarianism is just an erm ‘politically correct’ term for anarchy.
On the right Libertarianism is pretty simple – its about gun nuts. But it seems that on the left, Libertarianism is often the choice of former liberals who have made lots of money and choose a cause which allows them to support rights which don’t cost them anything.
For ‘Liberaltarians’, supporting the right to smoke pot doesn’t cost you anything, but causes such as health or education mean you have to pay taxes for hospitals or schools.
Isn’t putting your money where your mouth is, a no bullshit attitude that has much more of the swagger that Libertarians think their apolitics demonstrates?
Next time soemone says they are Libertarian, ask them what their politics are.