Martin Elson
This site is about one thing: power that can’t be held to account. The state first, and then the private privilege the state props up.
Libertarianous leans left libertarian, and here that means the same as the a-word, anarchist. The word started there. Joseph Déjacque coined it, as libertaire, in 1857 for anarchism at full strength. It took the American right another century to try to co-opt it, which is why “libertarian” now needs a left or right in front of it.
The aim is not to claim to be right but to offer a test anyone can use: is a person being used as an input, and can they leave? Slavery fails it. So does more of ordinary life than we like to admit.
Most of the writing here is original. Some is borrowed, including the strongest arguments against the lines drawn here, each with a note on why it’s here.
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