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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"One gratifying aspect of our rise to some prominence is that, for the first time in my memory, we, 'our side,' had captured a crucial word from the enemy. 'Libertarians' had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists, that is for anti-private property anarchists, either of the communist or syndicalist variety. But now we had taken it over."

— Murray Rothbard

[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

and hell the word libertarian only was created because it became illegal to print anarchist literature in France in the 19th century.