An Open Manifesto

In Marxist narrative of history, capitalism eventually gives way to a dictatorship of the proletariat. This dictatorship puts socialism into place and eventually whithers away once the world has transitioned to pure communism. Libertarians face a similar paradox. On the one hand they see democracy has the most legitimate form of power, but they hold that power, in order to be legitimate must be limited to certain functions, i.e. the parameters laid out in the constitution.

I wonder if there isn’t something very libertarian about the ecological impulse. Sure, much of what is driving the environmentalist movement is anything but libertarian. One of the founders of Greenpeace, Patrick Moore, has attested to the anti-capitalist agenda of much of the environmental movement. But there are also plenty of people supporting green organizations [...]

Since I have long called myself libertarian, it seems odd that I would make such a declaration. Libertarianism is dead. Indeed, it feels wrong. It feels as though I am cursing my own flesh and blood, committing a sin punishable by death.
But when I say libertarianism is dead, I meant it. As a movement. [...]