> Libertarianism is ultimately an American flavour of (Classical) Liberalism, which is quite an old political tradition.
"Ultimately" being a weasel word for redefining it again to meet a particular ideology.
This is not correct, nor is historical cherry picking a compelling argument for the viewpoint.
He goes off on yet another tangent after trying to justify the interpretation, through parallel interpretation. They will continue to be one of the many people who are convinced they are right, deriding others with more rational and moderate position, trying to get into arguments to try to justify their beliefs.
I was replying to a non-factual ad-hominem attack, so I thought it required more explanation.
Now I'm being attacked again, with a non-factual personal slander.
Lovely.
My post is basically textbook politics, it's not my opinion. I think my examples are pretty reasonable.
'Libertarianism' is an extension of Classical Liberalism, it's not a conservative movement (in terms of political ideology) and there's no debate about that.
'Republicanism' is 100% a Liberal ideal by definition. There's no wiggle room there. To be a 'Republican' literally means to be against the Monarchy or even Constitutional Monarchy, which is right at the core of Liberalism.
'Pursuit of Liberty' is not a conservative objective, it's Liberal, i.e. 'Classically Liberal'.
The only debate is what some of those words have come to mean through the lens of pop culture media, and that's all pretty foggy.
'Republican', the party, has little to do anymore with 'Republicanism'.
In particular, 'Liberal' has come to mean 'Left Wing' and 'conservative' usually 'right wing'. And since there are only two parties in America (and they are both more or less Liberal), and because party allegiances have changed, and because Americans don't ever learn political theory in school, and because the American press confuses the issue even further - it's a mess.
It's nuance, but it's not that complicated.
European political parties especially their naming - are generally more consistent and clear. When you look at the European political landscape for a bit, things are easier to grasp. Things start to make more sense.
