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Old 09-12-2010, 02:38 PM   #188 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414 View Post
Anyone who believes Libertarianism is equivalent to Anarchy is too ignorant to debate.

As soon as I saw that graph, I disregarded it...as all others should.
It's not meant to be read as anarchy = libertarianism or vice versa, nor is it meant to say that authoritarianism = fascism (or vice versa) or left = communist, right = neoliberal, etc., you get the point.

It's generally stating that moving into the realm towards pure anarchy is what libertarianism does, whereas moving into the realm towards fascism is what authoritarianism does. These things work in degrees, not absolutes. That's how you get libertarian socialists who are by no means outright anarchists.
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