Burning Down the House: How Libertarian Philosophy Was Corrupted By Delusion And Greed w/ Andrew Koppelman
Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
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The Iliberal Libertarians
In some ways, I think that in a weird way, the philosophy of Rothbard and figures like Lou Rockwell promote, it almost seems like it opens a door towards a weird form of almost authoritarianism. Is there like a weird issue where this kind of anarcho capitalism could lead down to very, I guess, almost like feudalistic paths? Well, this line of analysis was pursued by a political philosopher at Pennsylvania, Samuel Freeman,. He argues that the vision is fundamentally not about liberty, but about property. And we accept the existing distribution of property and everyone contracts to make the best deal they can - including selling themselves into slavery if necessary.
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