tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267638155798940768.post2187374342757908095..comments2023-05-20T02:55:10.200-07:00Comments on @darjeelingzen: Rothbard: Left & RightDarjeelingzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13459001964917082591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267638155798940768.post-65947478451222194582012-06-23T17:40:43.517-07:002012-06-23T17:40:43.517-07:00For Rothbard, I believe it is an issue of ends ver...For Rothbard, I believe it is an issue of ends versus means; that the ends of Proudhon's "socialism" however laudable, do not justify the "conservative" or "fascist" means to effect "socialist" ends (and of course, those means, contradict those ends, which makes one question the motives of "Statist-Socialists"). Therefore it is that "socialism" which employs the arm of the State, in its violence/force/coercion/extortion/theft against which Rothbard contends...Darjeelingzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459001964917082591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267638155798940768.post-90997731503645482592012-06-23T17:31:14.067-07:002012-06-23T17:31:14.067-07:00I don't believe that Rothbard uses "socia...I don't believe that Rothbard uses "socialism" in the same sense of Proudhon or the Mutualists; but rather in the sense of "State-Socialism".Darjeelingzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459001964917082591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6267638155798940768.post-14516714581434622532012-06-22T10:17:48.985-07:002012-06-22T10:17:48.985-07:00Interesting quotes, but I don't agree that soc...Interesting quotes, but I don't agree that socialism is inherently statist nor "conservative." There are plenty of strains of libertarian Marxism and socialism, that all attempt at achieving the fullest expression of liberty but through a different social construction and philosophy than the one Rothbard supports. <br /><br />However, the interpretation on power is essentially the same.Antonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459481603818321531noreply@blogger.com