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Mikeuk · 20-01-2008, 08:51 PM

Marx was not a libertarian but he was, in some senses, a liberal; a 'Continental liberal' anyway. It's easy to forget that the London correspondent of the New York Tribune was not quite the grim granite figure seen on Soviet May Day banners.

I'm not sure I would have welcomed him into my home, though. He was a pretty grubby, smelly, character by all accounts.

It's not as easy to categorise ideologues and ideologies as some people imagine. Mussolini kept a copy of Max Stirner's 'The Ego and his Own' by his bed. Is this classic libertarian tract 'left' or 'right'? Discuss...

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Mikeuk Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fareham Posts: 5,758 Party: Conservatives	Marx was not a libertarian but he was, in some senses, a liberal; a 'Continental liberal' anyway. It's easy to forget that the London correspondent of the New York Tribune was not quite the grim granite figure seen on Soviet May Day banners. I'm not sure I would have welcomed him into my home, though. He was a pretty grubby, smelly, character by all accounts. It's not as easy to categorise ideologues and ideologies as some people imagine. Mussolini kept a copy of Max Stirner's 'The Ego and his Own' by his bed. Is this classic libertarian tract 'left' or 'right'? Discuss... Last edited by Mikeuk; 20-01-2008 at 08:55 PM.