The Great Conflation: Fascism is not Capitalism
I have been an activist for several years and have most recently spent my time at Occupy Los Angeles at LA City Hall. Once more, I ran into the same wall that still divides leftists/socialists/anarcho-communists from libertarians and free market anarchists; that contemporary leftist ideology conflates fascism with capitalism. I will define those terms in the next paragraph.
I first must say though, that this situation is particularly saddening to me as I grew up in a house in which the individuals I can comfortably say self-identified as Democrats. I myself voted for Barack Obama because I (wrongly) believed he would end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and bring the troops home. Nevertheless, I find much to like about the left can and often times relate much better to those individuals. However, my experience over the last few years has brought me to writing this article, since I feel so strongly that this is the last remaining obstacle in leftists’ way to becoming full-fledged advocates of the voluntary society.
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