Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 22:28:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jamal Hannah <jah-AT-iww.org>
Subject: Re: Supposed Ideological Fraud


On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Chris Sanders wrote:

> ben blumson wrote:
> 
> >  I wonder how many other people held libertarian opinions before anarchist ones?
> > cheers,
> > Ben
> >
> > Probably a good deal of us did. I see it all the time in early adolescents (hence the term "Liberteen", meaning no you can screw me as long as I have an equal chance to screw you back), and then we evolve into either an anarchist or minarchist mindset or go on to be Libertarians in he sense of the political party. I assume by the time I hit a adulthood I'll be a clearly defined anarchist, whereas most of my friends (those who actually care anyway) will be on the liberal/democrat platform.

I have seen a lot of people go from "libertarian right" over to
"libertarian left" (anarchists), but only a few doing the opposite.  One
such person, djarum I think is his nickname, on the anarchist USENET
newsgroups, went from being in the left camp over to the right. He seems
to feel that the only real libertarian society would be one with a free
market.  I dont see why there wouldnt still be some kind of market, even
in an anarcho-communist society, at least in the early stages.  I think,
however, we should think about what ways our propaganda can help convince
Libertarian Party people that anarchism is a better position.  One does
not need to be a rabid supporter of capitalism in order to oppose
Stalinism.  How can we convince people of that?

 - Jamal