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Entry: Ron Paul versus the Beltway "Libertarians" Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_versus_the_beltway_libertarians#8045 Post contents: A lot of this 'modern libertarianism' seems to go under the name of 'neolibertarianism'. Going through a few 'neolibertarian' blogs, what I noticed was that what was being espoused was basically conservatism with legalised pot really. One blog seemed to see Irving Kristol as a guru, while Hayek, Mises, Rothbard, Nock, Mencken, even Milton Friedman's name seemed to be nowhere. Nothing about war being the health of the state, plenty about how evil muslims supposedly are. I wouldn't really consider such bloggers as libertarians. The same goes for such bores as Neal Boortz and Larry Elder.Justin is right though. These 'modern libertarians' don't have half as much influence on the libertarian movement than they think. Conservatism may be just a crock of shit dominated by neocons and talk show/radio demagogues, but as far as I can see, Ron Paul has far more influence over libertarians than the 'modern libertarians' do. In my opinion, Ron Paul is the best thing that has happened for libertarianism in years.If he pushes the phonies into the conservative movement where they belong, so much the better. It is really great that lots of his supporters are young people. Reason does have some good stuff in it, but I do think that Gillespie is not a good editor. The CATO Institute does some good work, but I think they made a mistake in ever thinking they could have much influence in Washington. They would be better off moving back to California. Sent at: 2008 07 06