Exposing the Racist History Of Libertarianism And Murray Rothbard Murray Rothbard was the student of Ludwig Von Mises and a friend of Ayn Rand. Rothbard was a racist, and believed in the voluntary separation of the races. I have argued that his teacher, Mises, was an elitist with fascist tendencies. This part of libertarian history is a part that the libertarians would like to cover up. It slips out at times and has done so with Ron Paul, Rand Paul and others. But we need to take a look at what these guys believed, circa 1990 because that was not so long ago. We know that Rothbard spoke kindly of David Duke, the KKK office seeker. One disaffected libertarian was dismayed that Rothbard would seek to align himself with a pure racist just because he believed in limited government. The only reason that Rothbard did not back a separate state for blacks was because he was afraid it would cost too much in foreign aid. It should be noted that Ron Paul distanced himself from Rothbards racism, in stating that racism is a collectivist view. Still, there is a strong racial tension in libertarian thought. Ron Pauls newletters had racist thoughts in them, although Dr Paul stated they were put in his publications without his knowledge. I have no reason to doubt that. But these were mistakes that are significant. Read more: businessinsider/exposing-the-racist-history-of-libertarianism-and-murray-rothbard-2011-10#ixzz3EO0syMc3
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 03:51:18 +0000
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