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Originally Posted by rhadin
I've heard that before but have always wondered: How can one be libertarian (the best government is no government) and socialist (government levelling of class differences) simultaneously? Isn't libertarian socialist an oxymoron?
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Why not check the wikipedia entry i referred to?
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Libertarian socialism aims to create a society in which all violent or coercive institutions would be dissolved, and in their place every person would have free, equal access to tools of information and production, or a society in which such coercive institutions and hierarchies were drastically reduced in scope.[142]
This equality and freedom would be achieved through the abolition of authoritarian institutions such as an individual's right to own private property,[143] in order that direct control of the means of production and resources will be gained by the working class and society as a whole.
Political philosophies commonly described as libertarian socialist include: most varieties of anarchism (especially anarchist communism, anarchist collectivism, anarcho-syndicalism[144]), social ecology, libertarian municipalism,[145] and council communism.[
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