Recently, politicians and others have expressed concern over so-called \"paranoid libertarians\"... <\/p>\n
Look out: The libertarians are coming! The libertarians are coming! Never before have so many been so intimidated by so few, with so little political power. <\/p>\n
Salon.com offers near-daily warnings about the libertarian threat: <\/p>\n
It's corrupting progressivism: Don't ally with libertarians: Ideologues co-opt an anti-NSA rally. <\/p>\n
It's even infecting your iPhone apps: The Secret Libertarianism of Uber and Airbnb. <\/p>\n
Beware of Libertarians Bearing Gifts, the Center for American Progress admonishes: a bipartisan move against the NSA could kill the New Deal. <\/p>\n
Anti-libertarian paranoia plagues our elected officials too: the anarchists have taken over, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., wails. This strain of libertarianism ... is a very dangerous thought,\" New Jersey Governor Chris Christie warned last summer in the wake of Edward Snowden's exposure of National Security Agency spying: I want [these critics] to come to New Jersey and sit across from the widows and the orphans (Pro tip: don't take the George Washington Bridge). <\/p>\n
Im very nervous about the direction this is moving in, the governor added. <\/p>\n
Recently, three prestigious academics have argued that you should be especially nervous about Paranoid Libertarians. Distinguished historian Sean Wilentz coined the term last month in a New Republic hit piece on Snowden and journalist Glenn Greenwald. These NSA critics despise the liberal state and want to wound it, he charged. <\/p>\n
Picking up Wilentz's term, Harvard law professor and former Obama administration regulatory czar Cass Sunstein offered tips on How to Spot a Paranoid Libertarian. And, writing at Slate, the University of Chicago's Eric Posner warned that libertarian paranoia kills: in fact, the fear of government is far more serious than the fear of flying. <\/p>\n
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