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* Has no current libertarian ''party'', but the ] ''faction'' of the ] ''party'', led by ], is libertarian.<ref>Feiglin has never called himself or his ''faction'' "libertarian", but libertarian principles clearly underlie his platform. For example, in , he wrote, <blockquote>What is not clear is why the funds that the Ultra-Orthodox get is called 'extortion', while what the Broadcasting Authority or the theatre get from our taxes is called 'democracy at its finest'. As a rule, I would be pleased if the state would pay no one. A community that would like theatre should allocate funds for theatre. A community that would like full-time Torah study should allocate money for Torah students. A community that would like both should fund both. I am a proponent of minimal state intervention in every area except for security and justice. Until that goal is accomplished, though, we have to live with Big Brother and the regime that is still tainted with socialism from the days of Mapai.</blockquote> Here, Feiglin explicitly says he is a "proponent of minimal state intervention in every area except for security and justice", which is a textbook case of ] libertarianism. |
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In , he wrote, <blockquote>The solution for our problem with capitalism is not to institute socialism. Socialism is simply a sophisticated form of robbery that makes everybody poor. An ideology that rejects the sanctity of one's possessions will ultimately lead to a complete contempt for the sanctity of life. It is no coincidence that Stalin and Mao were the greatest murderers in the history of mankind. For some reason, we also seem to have forgotten that "Nazism" is a shortened version of "National Socialism." Socialism is the last thing we need.</blockquote> His statement that respect for property is a prerequisite for respect for human life is highly capitalistic in nature, and almost (not completely) certainly libertarian in nature, but what is even more striking is that his equation of Nazism and socialism is usually one confined to radically libertarian adherents of the ] of economics who, regarding Nazism, follow ]'s book ], which equates Nazism and socialism; cf. George Reisman, : <blockquote>The identification of Nazi Germany as a socialist state was one of the many great contributions of Ludwig von Mises. When one remembers that the word 'Nazi' was an abbreviation for "der Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiters Partei — in English translation: the National Socialist German Workers' Party — Mises's identification might not appear all that noteworthy. For what should one expect the economic system of a country ruled by a party with 'socialist' in its name to be but socialism? Nevertheless, apart from Mises and his readers, practically no one thinks of Nazi Germany as a socialist state. It is far more common to believe that it represented a form of capitalism, which is what the Communists and all other Marxists have claimed.</blockquote> Thus, for Feiglin to classify Nazism as socialistic, which almost nobody but followers of Mises does, is quite significant. |
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<br><br> Finally, Rob Muchnick, US Director of Manhigut Yehudit, has explicitly referred to Feiglin as a libertarian, saying, in a to Bernie Quigley's "Ron Paul and Moshe Feiglin",<blockquote> |
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To Michael Makovi,<br> |
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Hi Mike, I would say that Moshe is a "Jewish libertarian", as opposed to a ]. Rothbard was unfortunately viciously anti-Israel. He had no room for the existence of Israel, and this is where Moshe obviously differs from him in a huge way.If Paul is to be believed, then he will not interfere with Israel as president. This would be considered by Moshe to be a wonderful policy emanating from the White House.<br> |
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I think that Moshe takes the libertarian economic and self-reliance principles and adds Judaism to them to come up with his own mix.<br> |
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All the best,<br> |
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Rob<br> |
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www.mflikud.com</blockquote> |
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