@bryant.coleman "Many have suffered and died on the road to freedom back to slavery"
Hmm... true. And still continuing to this day.
Topic: England’s Levellers: The World’s First Libertarian Movement (Read 394 times)
Hmm... true. And still continuing to this day.
@zolace Thanks for the links.
@bryant.coleman "Many have suffered and died on the roadto freedom back to slavery"
@bryant.coleman "Many have suffered and died on the road
They were behind the Banbury mutiny, right? Oliver Cromwell destroyed them.
Here's a nice video lecture to complement the article: " Reclaiming the Levellers from Socialism (Stephen Davies)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlxPsHYZ97Y
It's from the second World Convention of the Libertarian International in 1984.
Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/1q9ph1/reclaiming_the_levellers_from_socialism_stephen/
It's from the second World Convention of the Libertarian International in 1984.
Credit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Anarcho_Capitalism/comments/1q9ph1/reclaiming_the_levellers_from_socialism_stephen/
The first-ever libertarians were the Levellers, an English political movement active in the seventeenth century. The Levellers contributed to the elaboration of the methodological and political paradigm of individualism, and they are at the origin of the radical strand of classical liberalism. While the Levellers are often characterized as a quasi-socialist movement, closer examination shows that the Levellers had much more in common with advocates for free markets than with socialists.
This interpretation of the Levellers is supported, among others, by Murray N. Rothbard who considers them as “the world’s first self-consciously libertarian movement.” ...
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/03/roberta-a-modugno/the-worlds-first-libertarian-movement
Full article at the link
Moreover, the Levellers advocated property rights and the freedom to contract and trade, as against monopolies and privileges guaranteed by the state. They celebrated the benefits of economic freedom to society and opposed the government taxes, customs, excises, and regulations that inhibited competition.
Someone had to lead the way.
We are lucky to be alive now when life offers us so much.
This interpretation of the Levellers is supported, among others, by Murray N. Rothbard who considers them as “the world’s first self-consciously libertarian movement.” ...
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/03/roberta-a-modugno/the-worlds-first-libertarian-movement
Full article at the link
Moreover, the Levellers advocated property rights and the freedom to contract and trade, as against monopolies and privileges guaranteed by the state. They celebrated the benefits of economic freedom to society and opposed the government taxes, customs, excises, and regulations that inhibited competition.
Someone had to lead the way.
We are lucky to be alive now when life offers us so much.
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