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steven787 said:

Moderate libertarianism? Never heard of it. If you water down libertarianism you either end up as a Republican (less government in business), a Democrat (less in your personal life), or a moderate (a little more here, a little less there).

Non-revolutionary Socialism evolved from Socialism/Communism because there were no viable labor/mass parties before it's existence in many nations. (These were also backed as a way to introduce communist ideas)


Libertarianism evolved from moderate political skews into an anarcho-capitalist revolutionary movement, so the moderate forms already existed.


You pretend as if it's completely impossible to believe in the fiscal responsibility of conservatives and the social freedom of liberals at the same time. Boil it down and you've got yourself a moderate Libertarian, which isn't that far from a classic Republican before the party went and found God.




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