Re: Off-topic: cultures and mysticism (was: Promoting Lojban)

[Christopher Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, John Cowan wrote:

['anarchist' = 'libertarian'?]

> Well, yes and no.  "Libertarian" has fairly distinct implications
> of "propertarian" as well, these days, and so I would never apply
> it to myself, where I would freely apply "anarchist".

I agree. I'd also add that Libertarians seem to want government in a few
things, mainly those bits of government that involve giving people stuff
(as long as they don't take anything away, of course); while on the other
hand, anarchists want *no government whatsoever*.

> There is a Daniel Dennett article called "Giving Libertarians What
> They Want", which uses "libertarian" in the sense "believer in
> free will" (!)

Do you have a reference? I'd love to grab it. Dennett can be amusingly
infuriating. :^)



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