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Jul 1, 2001 · Rothbard writes, “At the heart of the egalitarian left is the pathological belief that there is no structure of reality; that all the world is a tabula rasa that can be changed at any moment in any desired direction by the mere exercise of human will.”
EGALITARIANISM AS A REVOLT A N. 1. ISM AS A REVOLT AGAINST NATUREF or well over a century, the Left has generally been con-ceded to have morality, justice, and “idealism” on its side; the Conservative opposition to the Left has largely been confined to the “i. practicality” of its ideals. A common view, for example, is that socialism is ...
Apr 8, 2006 · For Rothbard the socialist left comprises two distinct strands. One is a “right-wing, authoritarian strand,” promoting “statism, hierarchy, and collectivism”; this strand Rothbard dismisses as “a projection of conservatism trying to accept and dominate the new industrial civilization.”.
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May 6, 2015 · There is nothing in “The Negro Revolution” to suggest that Rothbard endorses either violence by the state or violence by racist vigilantes, and indeed he denounces both, putting special opprobrium, as one might expect, on racist police brutality.
To enforce equality is to ensure a society that can function at only a primitive level. Some leftist intellectuals, bemoaning the “alienation” of the free market, have embraced this consequence. They are, Rothbard holds, the victims of a Romantic myth.
Aug 22, 2024 · There he argued that the left-wing obsession with people’s equality runs contrary to our natural inequalities, and so is an affront against reality. But this argument inadvertently reveals that the libertarian wears blinders and has lost the plot of civilization itself.
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[112] In it, Rothbard wrote: "At the heart of the egalitarian left is the pathological belief that there is no structure of reality; that all the world is a tabula rasa that can be changed at any moment in any desired direction by the mere exercise of human will."
