But if we define
the term “libertarian moment” more modestly, a different conclusion emerges.
No, we have not reached a point at which anything like a majority of Americans
have embraced our ideas. But we have reached a point at which even
mainstream sources, which in the pre-Internet age could get away with ignoring
us altogether, are forced to acknowledge us, if only for purposes of dismissal
and ridicule.
Hey Lew
Rockwell: They dismiss and ridicule us
because they cannot begin to refute us and they are afraid to even allow our
analysis into their brains. No
non-libertarian has any understanding of the non-aggression principle and no
non-Austrian understands a) violent intervention vs. voluntary exchange; b) economic
calculation vs mis-calculation; and/or how violent intervention results in
mis-calculation.
They are so
cowardly that they will not allow the public to hear of the theory that the
Great Depression was just a hangover of statist monetary policies from World
War I. Heck, the statists cannot even
admit to themselves that they promote and engage in violence much less that it
accounts for about 99.9% of their “policy” proposals.
We need to get right in their face and challenge them on their cowardice.
