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Posted on 10.08.08 by Thomas L. Knapp
“Principled populism pits the productive class against the political class, the awakening masses against the power elites — not the white middle class against the black underclass or some mythical proud parochialism against some equally mythical indiscrete cosmopolitanism. To put it a different way, any ‘principled populism’ of a libertarian variety is going to have to weigh on the left, not the right, side of the political dichotomy as traditionally understood if it’s going to be successful or if success is even to be a meaningful term with respect to libertarian goals. The mission of the libertarian movement is not to make the world safe for a return to Jim Crow or the maintenance of marriage apartheid by shilling for ’states’ rights.’ The mission of the libertarian movement is to win freedom for people.” Link: http://knappster.blogspot.com/2008/10/key-word-is-principled.html Filed under: RRND Commentary | Report Bad Link Bookmark this post in Furl or Del.icio.us | |






