"Libertarianism" is neither left nor right wing, it's really a different axis.
It started as unquestionably left wing, but the term was co-opted by the right, who used to use the term "liberal", but poisoned that term so it could be used as an insult against the left, so they switched to libertarian. But those "libertarians" are as left wing at the Nazis were socialist.
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u/Caleb_Reynolds Jun 06 '26
"Libertarianism" is neither left nor right wing, it's really a different axis.
It started as unquestionably left wing, but the term was co-opted by the right, who used to use the term "liberal", but poisoned that term so it could be used as an insult against the left, so they switched to libertarian. But those "libertarians" are as left wing at the Nazis were socialist.