The Radical Libertarians and the New Fusionism

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The modern conservative movement mixes free market libertarianism with traditional values and ideas of religion and the family. Paul Gottfried, who is very much at the center of this new paleo alliance in the John Randolph club, was a radicalization of that existing tradition often through an appeal to science rather than just religion. The bell curve by Richard J. Herrenstein and Charles Murray published in 1994 has been seen as one of the most important examples of IQ based racism.

Featuring Quinn Slobodian on Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy. Radical libertarians, including anarcho-capitalists like Murray Rothbard, envision a world of micro-polities governed by private property and contract. In fact, we already live in their world, a world of zones—places where special rules tailor-made for capitalists prevail over the ordinary laws of the nation-state. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Listen to Quinn's interview on Globalists thedigradio.com/podcast/a-history-of-neoliberalism-with-quinn-slobodian Buy Angela Davis: An Autobiography haymarketbooks.org/books/2001-angela-davis Buy Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you