{"id":17165,"date":"2013-11-19T05:45:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T10:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=17165"},"modified":"2013-11-18T20:25:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T01:25:02","slug":"two-kinds-of-libertarianism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2013\/11\/two-kinds-of-libertarianism\/","title":{"rendered":"Two kinds of libertarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A writer who goes by the nom de plume \u201cHamilton\u201d says that both Republican and Democratic intellectuals and policy makers are essentially libertarians.\u00a0 (He says that there are few old-school socialists or New Dealers left in the Democratic party.)\u00a0 But there are two different kinds of libertarians:\u00a0 the school of John C. Calhoun and the school of Robert Heinlein.<\/p>\n

Calhoun was the 19th century statesman from South Carolina who was a major spokesman for state\u2019s rights, limited government, and individual rights.\u00a0 Heinlein was the 20th century science fiction writer who championed individual liberty empowered by technology.\u00a0\u00a0 Calhounian libertarians are socially conservative, religious, and inhabit the Republican party.\u00a0 Heinleinian libertarians are the socially liberal, tend to be involved in the new information technology, and are usually Democrats.<\/p>\n

But Hamilton thinks that Calhoun and Heinlein could form an alliance.\u00a0 I would\u00a0 question the authenticity of a libertarianism that defends slavery, as Calhoun did, and that supports the power of one person over another that we see in abortion, as Democratic\u00a0 libertarians tend to do.\u00a0 But still. . . .What do you think of Hamilton\u2019s analysis, given after the jump?<\/p>\n

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From The Two Kinds of Libertarianism: Calhounian and Heinleinian<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Today in America, we see two kinds of libertarianism, which we might call \u201cCalhounian\u201d and \u201cHeinleinian.\u201d Both kinds believe in freedom, but they are very different in their emphasis\u2014and in their politics.<\/p>\n

The names behind the adjectives are John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), of South Carolina, and Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988), of California. In other words, two different states, two different centuries\u2014and two very different outlooks.<\/p>\n

Today, the gap between the Calhounians and the Heinleinians is wide; indeed, for the most part, these two kinds of libertarians are not even in the same political party. But if the gap could be bridged, and the two libertarianisms united inside the Republican Party, that uniting would be great for Republican prospects.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s take a look at the two men, Calhoun and Heinlein, and the traditions that embody their legacies.<\/p>\n

[Keep reading]<\/a><\/p>\n

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