It seems to me that all of these political ideological terms are messed up. Back in the 1700-1800s, we libertarians would have been known as liberals, and in the early 1900s, the majority of “progressives” were openly racist (Woodrow Wilson thought The Birth of a Nation was the greatest thing since sliced bread). Libertarian Socialists were originally the only ones to be referred to as “libertarian,” and anarchists had just as much contempt for capitalism as communists (I forgot his name, but before he was executed, a guy who referred to himself as anarchist yelled as his last words “death to the bourgoisie! Long live Anarchy!” Nothing about the state or anything.)
It’s enough to make one’s mind collapse in on itself.
progressives stressed morals like drunkeness (where liberals today just stress their ideology as superior), stressed efficiency in government, and wanted a merit based bureaucracy rather than political appointments. though todays liberals are just the offspring of progressivism so there isnt a clear cut difference
Interesting question he raises about who is actually more statist between the Occupy Movement and Liberty Movement. At first glance, I think Occupy looks less statist, until, of course, you ask them what their solutions to the world’s problems would be.
In case anyone was having a hard time finding the numbers of innocents killed on both sides, this article has some indication. I couldn’t find anything about Palestinian innocents killed in others articles, only Israelis. There will probably be more accurate numbers in the future.
