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[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Libertarian" used to be a synonym for left-wing anarchism until Murray Rothbard purposefully co-opted the term and even bragged about it.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Yep it's just a propaganda campaign.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fellow left-wing anarchists: should we just give up on trying to reclaim this word? What do you call yourself among people who don't know the context?

[–] Prunebutt@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

In Europe it's way more ambiguous. Also: you can simply specify "left-wing", or "right-wing" libertarian.

I usually just say "anarchist", though ;)