I just wanted to know if there is a huge post for this and if not, I want to know who is attacking Libertarians or the idea?
Specifically looking for GOP attacks. I know Rick Santorum attacked libertarianism and Ron Paul. And Richard Lugar and Lindsey Graham have been very hostile toward the person and ideas as well. Are there more? I'm sure there is. :P
I'd imagine anyone close to William Buckley and the National Review.
Freedom of markets is positively correlated with the degree of evolution in any society...
Everyone except libertarians.
“Since people are concerned that ‘X’ will not be provided, ‘X’ will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence.""The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men.”
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Most attacks against libertarianism these days are coming from the left since in national politics the major issues are economic ones rather than social ones. The left like to make out that there's little difference between libertarianism and conservatism, and so "libertarian" is thrown around a lot by left wing economists these days.
From the conservative side the GOP is becoming increasingly restrictive socially from what I can see. They want bigger interventions over seas, more anti-immigrant action, and are at least maintaining their anti-abortion crusade. They're also becoming increasingly religious and the fact that Santorum got as popular as he did when he was actually attempting to blur the line between separation of church and state is unsettling. All of these things I see as implicit attacks on libertarianism, while I don't think that you'll find many explicit attacks since libertarianism is on the upswing and the "cool" thing among republicans because of its roots in the teaparty. The republicans also only have so much dirt to throw at libertarians since libertarians are exactly what they pretend to be, and arguing against them they sound a lot like the liberals they so despise.
It's mostly pro war leftist who spout the most rabid attacks
ie: Hillary Clinton followers
Do you really think so? I've seen little discussion of libertarianism in the mainstream when I have it's mostly from economists like Krugman or Frank
It's rare that I actually hear talk of libertarianism in "mainstream" circles, let alone ones as "common" as Clinton supporters.
I mean the whole libertarian philosiphy (Economics, Labor, Anti-Intervention, etc.)
Some of the forums I visit (mostly anime related) have leading members who basically view anything related to libertarianism as the most retarded ideology known to man (Naruto Forums and Arlong Park especially) and won't hesitate to try and redicule anybody associated with it.
Oh yeah, there's this blog
http://www.voxday.blogspot.com/
Gary North gets pummeled
Mmm, good to see someone else around here who's into anime. I think it's interesting that fans would be anti-libertarianism when if you look at one of the everlasting themes of anime, among them being the age old wisdom that the only way to beat a giant robot is with another giant robot, guns are useless against people with swords, all14 year olds in Japan live more interesting lives than you ever will, and there's no limit to hair color and breast size, it's that the governments probably corrupt as hell and there's some evil corporation pulling the strings anyway.
At any rate, as much as I love the genre, the people who watch it aren't exactly who I run to for political insight.
Where?
As for leftist anime fans, I couldn't give a shit about them and their seeming desire to broadcast frail stupid little schoolgirls non-stop. Libertarians tend to garner opposition from two main groups, both beneficiaries of the state - pro-war, often pro-religious "compassionate" (/rofl) conservatives and their equally pro-war (but note: these are good, democratic wars), "bleeding heart" (again, /rofl) leftist counterparts. The state and its benevolence are highly ingrained in most people's minds, so much so that the case for the state is assumed often without argument to be already made and iron-clad. It is a very thin tissue of logical fallacies, though, and a lot of people get defensive when these are lit aflame. We live in a fundamentally "neurotic" society, where everything is "fine", so it's no surprise that some people lash out when their neuroses are exposed.