{"id":12949,"date":"2013-04-23T18:43:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T22:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/libertarianism-challenges-the-old-left-right-divide\/"},"modified":"2013-04-23T18:43:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T22:43:27","slug":"libertarianism-challenges-the-old-left-right-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/libertarianism-challenges-the-old-left-right-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"Libertarianism challenges the old left-right divide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>      U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in Lexington, Ky., in a file      photo from Oct. 25, 2010. (AP Photo\/Ed Reinke)    <\/p>\n<p>            Audio player code:            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"minnesota_news_programs_daily_circuit_2_2013_04_23_daily_circuit_130423_libertarianism_20130423_64s_player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"319\" height=\"83\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/www_publicradio\/tools\/media_player\/syndicate.php?name=minnesota\/news\/programs\/daily_circuit_2\/2013\/04\/23\/daily_circuit_130423_libertarianism_20130423_64\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>          <\/p>\n<p>    In a recent article in Politico, reporter James Hohmann    says that libertarianism, long considered a radical movement    stereotyped as pro-pot, pro-porn and pro-pacifism, is moving    into the mainstream.  <\/p>\n<p>    Led by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., he writes, libertarians hope to    become a dominant wing of the Republican Party by tapping into    a potent mix of war weariness, economic anxiety and frustration    with federal overreach in the fifth year of Barack Obama's    presidency.  <\/p>\n<p>    The retirement of Paul's father, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas,    long a libertarian icon but considered slightly goofy, is    allowing the movement to try to rebrand itself as a reasonable    and serious element of the GOP.  <\/p>\n<p>    In a rebuttal to the Politico article, though,    Reason.com says the movement is trendy because Ron Paul's ideas    received an airing during his two presidential campaigns, not    because of any efforts by the younger Paul.  <\/p>\n<p>    According to NPR, Rand Paul himself may have aspirations    toward a 2016 presidential run, which would likely raise    questions about what many consider the mixed legacy of his    father.  <\/p>\n<p>    When it comes to actually winning elections, however, the    movement faces steep challenges: Former New Mexico Gov.    Gary Johnson, who ran as the Libertarian Party    candidate in 2012, received 1.2 million votes, or 1 percent.  <\/p>\n<p>    THE TAKEAWAY: Rand    Paul's filibuster was a paradigm buster.  <\/p>\n<p>    \"Rand Paul is a very canny politician,\" Matt Welch, the editor    of Reason, told host Tom Weber. \"His filibuster [against U.S.    drone policy] was a pretty epic moment in American politics ...    partly because of the way it completely scrambled the usual    left-right paradigm. You had     Code Pink and     Van Jones giving him a high-five, and you had     Bill Kristol denouncing him, and     Lindsey Graham and     John McCain calling him wacko bird, and this kind of thing.    And it really sheds light on the fact that our traditional    left-right paradigm isn't always the best way to look at    things. Sometimes it's better to look at things in terms of 'Do    you favor government intervention,' or 'Do you favor more    individual autonomy and control over your life?'  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2013\/04\/23\/daily-circuit-libertarianism?refid=0\" title=\"Libertarianism challenges the old left-right divide\">Libertarianism challenges the old left-right divide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> U.S.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/libertarianism-challenges-the-old-left-right-divide\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}