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If by "libertarian," Murray means "right winger who tolerates minorities for now until we reach the endgame," then sure, this is an authoritative book on that. If by "libertarian,' he actually means the leftist market anarchists of old who coined the term and wrote scads of important literature on what actual resistance to the state looks like, then "Dr." Murray does a disservice to anyone who might be genuinely interested in the movement.
In case I'm still being too vague: this book is hot garbage. Intellectual rot. It is one of the handful of popular books in the late '90s and early 2000s that collectively brainwashed a generation of young angry men into Paulites and goldbugs. As such, What It Means to Be a Libertarian serves as a demonstrable net negative on the thinking world. We are collectively dumber because of its existence and popularity.
If by "libertarian," Murray means "right winger who tolerates minorities for now until we reach the endgame," then sure, this is an authoritative book on that. If by "libertarian,' he actually means the leftist market anarchists of old who coined the term and wrote scads of important literature on what actual resistance to the state looks like, then "Dr." Murray does a disservice to anyone who might be genuinely interested in the movement.
In case I'm still being too vague: this book is hot garbage. Intellectual rot. It is one of the handful of popular books in the late '90s and early 2000s that collectively brainwashed a generation of young angry men into Paulites and goldbugs. As such, What It Means to Be a Libertarian serves as a demonstrable net negative on the thinking world. We are collectively dumber because of its existence and popularity.