Reply #52: Yes, this is why I consider them to be corporate anarchists. [View All]

I do not consider many of those on the right who call themselves libertarian to be true libertarians at all. (At least all the folks brought up here.) Their economic beliefs are more akin to anarchism than libertarianism.

In my view a libertarian leftist and a libertarian rightist are just as strongly opposed as they are to the authoritarian left or right. Anarchism is an extreme form of libertarianism, in the same way tyranny is an extreme form of authoritarianism.

The Ann Rand folks, thus, are best grouped as corporate anarchists.

Additionally, those who fall into such a group tend to have (in my experience) authoritarian views when it comes to social issues. They have no problem with the death penalty, for example, despite the fact that it goes directly against libertarian philosophy to give such a power to the government.