By Jack Parkos | United States

The liberty movement is struggling – it has not fought off tyranny or shrunk the size and scope of the government. The movement needs allies, but the question is, with who? Contrary to popular belief, allying with other right-wingers may just be the best chance it has.

The Libertarian Party is run by watered down libertarians who often only care about a few issues, such as marijuana. Even at the idea of right-wing unity they will scoff and start throwing out words like “statist” and “conservative sympathizer”. This mentality has only hurt us. Libertarians are a small minority; we need allies. Allies that can agree with certain values we have but may have certain differences. Just because someone may have one minor issue that may not be 100% libertarian doesn’t mean we should call him a statist and kick him out. So when we look at groups of political ideology we need to ask who is the better ally. The answer is the right wing.

Politics, Not Party

Again here we see most libertarians saying that the left and right are exactly the same and both are equally as bad. This belief comes from the 2 party system, people believing that establishment Republicans represent all right wingers and establishment Democrats embody the left. Politics is more than just Party affiliation.

Populism

Populists and libertarians have more in common than you may think-both are angry with the establishment, are tired of politicians selling out to corporations and global organizations. Neither side wants to be ruled by the elite. The movements may disagree on some issues, but differences must be put aside if we want anything to get done. Of course, certain groups in the populist movement may be a no-go, such as ethno-nationalists. However, ones who respect certain values- such as property rights, capitalism, and non-intervention, would be a good ally in the fight to defeat the elites. Murray Rothbard was a supporter of this idea but unfortunately did extend it to white supremacists. If we can vet these people out, the populist movement would be a great ally to the liberty movement.

The Left’s Threat To Social Order

People may think that the left is not a threat, or is just as big of one as other right-wingers, but this is a false assumption. Of course, not all right-wingers are perfect, but left-wing ideologies pose a greater threat to liberty. Groups like Antifa use violence to suppress free speech, all in the name of “political correctness”. Other groups who fight for “social justice” actually harm society. The further left you get, the more you get into Marxism. Even what we may consider “moderate left-wingers” are starting to turn to socialism.

A further issue with the left is they tend to crave chaos in the name of “equality”. Right-wing ideologies tend to favor social order. Libertarians favor order mainly through property rights, while right-wingers want order mainly through law. The libertarians goal should be to ally with groups who want social order and convince them of how property rights (and a possible minimal state) can maintain the order without using government violence. It is easier to convince people of a new way of keeping social order rather than convincing people that there should be none.

A Moral Society?

Right-wing ideologies tend to favor a more moral society, namely with family values and traditionalism. In a libertarian society, these would be essential to the survival of the libertarian social order. Obviously, we do not need to use government force to establish and maintain a moral society.

In such a society, people would have the freedom to make bad decisions, such as drug usage, free sexuality, etc. These behaviors can lead to high unemployment. Increased sex out of marriage will lead to fatherless children which will increase poverty and higher crime rates. Social conservatives tend to believe in family values, which could help decrease poverty. The compromise would be to encourage these values while simultaneously decreasing government. While it may not be ideal to some, the necessity for maintaining social order and defeating the left is enough for right-wing unity.

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