Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    No, they call themselves Libertaire. Libertaire was adopted by french anarchists at the end of the 19th century when anarchist publications were banned from France. Sadly, as Americans do, the word was misused and transformed by Milton Friedman, on the behalf of oil companies, and later that failed actor named Ayn Rand, to described unabashed, unregulated, capitalism and corporatism.

    No anarchist worth it’s salt would ever use the word libertarian instead of Libertaire.

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People’s Front?

      Reg: F*** off! We’re the People’s Front of Judea