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Entry: Libertarianism's Divergent Roads Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/libertarianisms_divergent_roads#29413 Post contents: What is this nonsense? It's the Catoids vs. the Paulians now? That's all? And what of the libertarian radicals, who oppose them both? The Cato Institute/Kochtopus is wrong primarily because it follows the mercantilist Chicago School. They try to overcompensate for their blatantly unlibertarian economics by being "hip" and "cosmopolitan." There's nothing wrong with that except that they're trying to use it as a substitute for genuine libertarian economics, not to mention their abominable pro-war stances. But the Paulians are no better. They follow barbaric right-wing nationalism and American Exceptionalism. Paul is great when he talks about the Fed or the Income Tax, but when it comes to abortion, immigration, and the Constitution, he predictably follows Rothbard's Law. Don't get me wrong - I sympathize with libertarian populism. But I believe that our populism can, and should, come from a radical interpretation of free-market economics reminiscent of the Individualist Anarchists and Rothbard in the 60's. Immigrant-bashing and Founding-Father-worship is not populism, but elitism of a different kind. Sent at: 2008 12 02