Whu?

This is an outrage. I'm not registered on Wiki nor do I desire to be but someone really has to do something about this:

'Libertarians and other advocates of laissez-faire capitalism believe that most people earning an income from the government (including welfare recipients, civil servants, doctors working in a public health system, etc) are social parasites. Ayn Rand referred to them as "looters" and "moochers"'

Maybe I should start a "Just say No" regular following Mr. van Wyk's example.

Or maybe let's scuttle the 'libertarian' moniker: It's been nice, libty, we still love ya, only you've come to represent something we abhor?
I've been thinking about ideological dynamics, and accompanying linguistic dynamics recently and maybe I'll be able to shed some light on all these developments. Libertarians have paid far too little attention to such issues. Actually, beyond Rothbard's adoption of the Bolshevik "left-sectarian" vs. "right-opportunist" division and maybe reference to the "success" of Eugene Debs' Socialist Party in getting the mainstream to adopt its views, I can't remember any attempt by libertarians to develop a comprehensive theory of ideology (metaideology?) and social movement.

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