The point is that dismissing them as not really being libertarians, or because you see some imaginary contradiction between being an individualist and being pro-labor, is absurd.
“The right” have not been demonstrated to be good on economics at all. This is one of the assumptions of right-libertarianism I challenge, I.E. the assumption that the political right actually favors a more free economy and less state control. All evidence points to the contrary.
And I could just as easily argue that “the right” tends to be far weaker on personal liberties.
So what, you’re just making appeals to authority. Furthermore, I agree that most of the Mises Institute is right-libertarian. Still, you haven’t presented any rational arguments in favor of right-libertarianism, but you’ve made a lot of blanket statements and misrepresentation though.
The evidence that is the reality of politics controlled by the political right - increases in state power and a less free economy, backed up by rhetoric in favor of less government and a more free economy. That is the reality of the political right.
Yes I am serious. You really want us to believe the political left is benign? That democracy (which also infiltrates left anarchist schemes) is inherently a right phenomenon? Wow.
At least I can look myself in the mirror and admit that right and left are flawed. You seem hell bent on identifying left as good and right as bad at all costs, and in that regard, you really set aside your libertarianism.
Since I’m not argueing that the political left is benign, you’re really just avoiding my criticism of the political right. Nothing about anything I just posted is a defense of the political left. You are being disingenous by claiming that a criticism of the political right is a defacto defense of the political left. You were the one who initially acted like there is “no evidence” for the fact that the political right does not favor liberty and free markets. If anyone is assuming that a political faction is benign here it is you, and I merely argued that the political right is not as benign as the right-libertarian assumption of “well they favor less government and a more free economy” indicates. So stop making horrible non-sequitors.
My position has consistantly been that the political left and right are two sides of the same coin, so you are simply misrepresenting me by implying that I’m defending the political left as any more benign per se. It is in fact your assumptions of the comparative benevolence of the political right that rubs against that premise, and that’s what I was challenging. So the political right might tend to have quasi-libertarian rhetoric sometimes. So what? That doesn’t mean they actually support the substantive content of libertarian ideas or are necessarily any better than the political left. It doesn’t mean they have the slightest understanding of economics or the slightest understanding of a comprehensive theory of liberty.