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IPFS News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism

Russell Kirk's "Libertarians, the Chirping Sectaries"

• https://mises.org, Jeff Deist, Bradley J. Birzer

 Is libertarianism necessarily utopian and unworkable, as Kirk suggests? Is it hubris to imagine we don't need the state—or even God—to prevent social chaos? Do libertarians have more in common with Communists than conservatives? Or was Kirk simply attacking an absurd strawman of the atomistic individual, with Rothbard as the particular (unstated) target of his ire? Dr. Birzer is a thoroughgoing scholar of Kirk, and provides great insights into the context and thinking behind this critique.


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