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Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby Francois Tremblay » Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:05 am

Benjamin Tucker's Instead of a Book was reprinted under a series called

"The Right wing individualist tradition in America"

http://www.amazon.com/Instead-Right-ind ... 0405004451

Whaaaaat? Apparently the right-wing now includes rabid libertarian socialists. Well, they don't even accept soft libertarian capitalists like Ron Paul, so I find the notion that a libsoc would be accepted as right-wing rather absoludicrous.
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Re: Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby Noleaders » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:11 am

*facepalm*
The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs least is no government at all.
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Re: Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby thelastindividual » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:27 pm

One part of me lol'd. The other part facepalmed
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Re: Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby |Y| » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:53 am

More ancap revisionism, hope people don't read Tucker (and understand the statements of his words), and just put it in ones references in order to pick apart his words and "prove" that anarchists can be capitalists.
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Re: Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby AndyMalroes » Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:41 am

At least the reviewer knew what they were talking about.
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Re: Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby Zazaban » Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:20 am

This is akin to the day that Bill O'Rilley called himself an anarchist. *Shudder*
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Re: Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby thelastindividual » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:11 am

Zazaban wrote:This is akin to the day that Bill O'Rilley called himself an anarchist. *Shudder*
I've been to places were right-wingers accepted me at first when I told them I was an anarchist because Obama/Brown/insert supposedly 'left-wing' political leader here was an idiot and as long as they were in power the right-wingers were also anarchists

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Re: Benjamin Tucker "right-wing individualist." Whaaaaat

Postby shawnpwilbur » Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:08 pm

That series must have had some craaazy editors. Some good titles there, though--along with some rather not-good ones.
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