Below is an expansion on a recent tweet thread I wrote about being antiwar and a libertarian. The LP recently put on an antiwar rally and joined forces with some marxist lefties. It caused some problems.
Another problem was former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter was asked to be a speaker and he’s a convicted child sex offender. He claims he was set up. Either way, he literally bullied his way and other speakers that if he wasn’t allowed to talk, none of them would. I haven’t dug into his conviction, but as they say - “her eyes said 15, but her I.D. said 21.”
Here is the link to my tweet so you can follow the comments, but below is a more expanded version with a rebuttal.
When I found the libertarian/ancap movement, I was heartened to discover a group that was antiwar & pro free markets. Most of my experience with the antiwar movement was the attitude, economics and projections from those famously protesting the Vietnam war.
https://original.antiwar.com/justin/2000/05/03/murray-m-rothbard-an-enemy-of-the-war-party/
Many of the anti war types in the 60/70's were more about the "Little Red Book of Mao", riding Vietcong tanks & being antiAmerican, pro commie over just being 'antiwar.' The slide to the left feels inevitable when being antiwar for some reason
The Code-Pink "types" protested the wars in Iraq/Afghanistan, but they seemed to justify the ridicule from their adversaries when their movement fizzled upon electing Obama who then bombed the sh*t out of everyone. [http://Remindobama.org gets a 404 error now.]
I'm all for siding with the antiwar left on that one issue, but I also have no doubt they would fight to keep me economically enslaved should I resist them. Dr. Paul points out with William F. Buckley Jr. on Firing Line, economics and war can't be separated. Indeed, war is the health of the state.
I've heard prominent libertarians say "don't do the bidding of the regime." But I'm also skeptical about helping the left gain prominence when they'll only enslave me later, & then justify their war. I could be wrong on this, but believing in freedom should mean... for all.
Rebuttal to my Tweet
My friend Patrick MacFarlane doesn’t see it the way I do. And honestly, I’m working this one out still.
Here was Patrick’s reply to my tweets above along with two screen shots of a writing by Murray Rothbard:
I talked to Patrick on the podcast (not really about this topic) last year and below is the interview.