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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?

Chomsky is an Anarchist. he states that he is a libertarian-socialist, however, he might as well say he is a social anarchist. He is a strong supporter of anarchism as a political movement, thus there is no oxymoron if you read about or have read about anarchism as a political movement:

ie.:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism

Bakunin:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bakunin

Kroptkin's Crust of Bread is here on MR.