Independents tend to be the least knowledgeable of all voters, and some of them may have positive associations with “libertarian” simply because the word sounds vaguely similar to the widely beloved concept of “liberty” (obviously people with nonlibertarian policy views may react positively to the idea of “liberty” but have a very different idea of its content than libertarians do). ❋ Unknown (2010)
The beliefs of libertarians and other candidates on our political fringes should not escape media scrutiny, nor should the media start making reflexive judgments about the wisdom of nonlibertarian Democratic and Republican policies, treating them with the open mockery and barely concealed disdain that Rand Paul and his father have received. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Independents tend to be the least knowledgeable of all voters, and some of them may have positive associations with “libertarian” simply because the word sounds vaguely similar to the widely beloved concept of “liberty” obviously people with nonlibertarian policy views may react positively to the idea of “liberty” but have a very different idea of its content than libertarians do. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This is just another example of the nonlibertarian belief that libertarian practices have been tried and failed. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But I wouldn't insult you and say that nonlibertarian beliefs about economics and policy are based on miraculous conversion experiences. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Allowing unlimited immigration from a country with a nonlibertarian government just lets that government export the effects of its policies elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I find the evidence for the proposition that all nonlibertarian intervention into the economy is harmful to be extremely weak. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Allowing unlimited immigration to a country with a nonlibertarian government also creates serious problems. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Every person in the room (about fifteen, as I recall), including some decidedly nonlibertarian types (including as least two who now hold high positions with GWB), raised his hand. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Independents tend to be the least knowledgeable of all voters, and some of them may have positive associations with "libertarian" simply because the word sounds vaguely similar to the widely beloved concept of "liberty" (obviously people with nonlibertarian policy views may react positively to the idea of "liberty" but have a very different idea of its content than libertarians do). ❋ Unknown (2010)
In some recent elections where they have had an impact, such as the election of Ron Brown to the late Ted Kennedy's seat, the TPs held their noses as they voted for a nonlibertarian, moderate Republican in order to bump off one of them socialist Democrats. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The gist of their criticisms essentially boils down to the labels "left" and right being "superfluous," that "left libertarianism," especially as relates to "thick libertarianism," is largely incoherent, that where it is coherent, it's either: a prextext to use thickness as a justification of nonlibertarian means to reach egalitarian ends (Kinsella) or just an apologetic for freedom without responsibility (Virkkala). ❋ Unknown (2009)
Every nonlibertarian view is thus incoherent, because it presupposes the prior-later distinction when it assigns ownership to a given person (because it says that person has a better claim than latecoming claimants); while it acts contrary to this principle whenever it takes property from the original homesteader and assigns it to some latecomer. ❋ Unknown (2009)
No other modern libertarian writer has won over so many people, and only a handful of nonlibertarian ones have equalled Rand’s achievements in popularizing an ideology. ❋ Unknown (2009)
