• Dr. Bluefall
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    2 days ago

    Libertarian has two different meanings, depending on who you talk two.

    In the modern day, and unless they qualify it, “libertarianism = anarcho-capitalism”.

    Classical libertarianism (sometimes left libertarianism, or libertarian socialism) is more akin to anarcho-syndicalism. Advocacy for ownership of the means of production via trade unions and the like, with the goal of obsoleting the state and capitalism, that kinda thing.

    EDIT: Also, capital-L “Liberalism” in the US is more than a little bit of a departure from liberalism. It’s mostly evolved into a meaningless pejorative the far right uses against the center-left (and when I say that, I’m talking about center-left from an American perspective, so really more center-right)

    • @umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      82 days ago

      not to mention “liberal” in the us usually refers to “neoliberal” as in neoliberal capitalism, which is wack.