During my time as a libertarian, it was common to refer to people like Nancy as “liberaltarians”. You are correct that “left-libertarian” usually signifies a certain kind of anarchist, not a progressive/libertarian hybrid.
I can’t make sense of ‘left-wing market anarchism’ except as something that is in fact kind of in between progressivism and libertarianism, even if it’s not really what I’m thinking of.
Left-wing market anarchism is anarcho-capitalism that is left-wing in its orientation. They typically support the same policies as other anarcho-capitalists, but in non-policy areas, they have notable differences. They’re opposed to hierarchical labor relations (though they don’t want to make them illegal), with which they associate the term “capitalism”, and which is why they like to call themselves free-market anti-capitalists. They have a favorable view of labor unions, strikes, and worker cooperatives. They tend to believe that the current political and economic system favors large corporations and the wealthy to such a degree that there would be much less inequality under market anarchy. Finally, they support feminism, anti-racism, and related ideologies in their cultural goals, though, being libertarians, they oppose the state being involved.
Essentially, they’re libertarians who believe that many (sometimes radical) left-wing goals are desirable and achievable in a free market.
Replies to the comment you are now reading accurately describe my ideas so the original post has been replaced by this disclaimer to spare your time :)
I usually see “left-libertarianism” used to refer to left-wing market anarchism, not to something between progressivism and libertarianism.
During my time as a libertarian, it was common to refer to people like Nancy as “liberaltarians”. You are correct that “left-libertarian” usually signifies a certain kind of anarchist, not a progressive/libertarian hybrid.
Another name is “bleeding-heart libertarians”.
For what it’s worth, I check in at the Bleeding Heart Libertarians website now and then, and I never find anything I want to read.
I can’t make sense of ‘left-wing market anarchism’ except as something that is in fact kind of in between progressivism and libertarianism, even if it’s not really what I’m thinking of.
Left-wing market anarchism is anarcho-capitalism that is left-wing in its orientation. They typically support the same policies as other anarcho-capitalists, but in non-policy areas, they have notable differences. They’re opposed to hierarchical labor relations (though they don’t want to make them illegal), with which they associate the term “capitalism”, and which is why they like to call themselves free-market anti-capitalists. They have a favorable view of labor unions, strikes, and worker cooperatives. They tend to believe that the current political and economic system favors large corporations and the wealthy to such a degree that there would be much less inequality under market anarchy. Finally, they support feminism, anti-racism, and related ideologies in their cultural goals, though, being libertarians, they oppose the state being involved.
Essentially, they’re libertarians who believe that many (sometimes radical) left-wing goals are desirable and achievable in a free market.
Replies to the comment you are now reading accurately describe my ideas so the original post has been replaced by this disclaimer to spare your time :)
The term “left-libertarianism” is kind of ambiguous. But I don’t think it usually means anarcho-capitalism.