Did left/libertarians implement their ideas in American culture and schools during the 1960s?
I don’t know who you have decided spoke for libertarianism during the 1960s. Most people would say, intellectually, Milton Friedman was the leading spokesman during that time. In the political arena, I suppose Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan represented a western-style of conservatism that reflected libertarian impulses.
Friedman, of course, advocated privatization of schools through vouchers. This coincided with the Catholic view at that time. Republicans generally and Protestants didn’t want any part of privatization at that time. They continued to advocate public schools.
Well, the political and cultural left also favored public schools. Only, the political and cultural left wanted public schools in order to force their agenda down the throat of children. This, of course, reflects the war of values that will continue forever if the government is going to decide what is taught in schools, rather than parents. And, one group’s idea of Sharia Law - or the marriage of Church and State - will conflict with another group’s. Elections are about which group will get to force their idea of what is right and what is wrong onto the other group.
Today, since the cultural and political left has completely taken over the public schools, conservative Protestants have mostly joined with Catholics and libertarians in advocating privatization of schools.
The “live and let live” philosophy of libertarianism is strategic. As long as the government doesn’t tax the productive and give to the unproductive, then those who will proper will be those who adopt value conducive to human flourishing. That which is right and good does not need to be propped up by government. The government needs only to be a terror to evil, Beyond this, government should praise those who do good. I think most libertarians would accept the wisdom of the government using non-coercive means to promote do-gooding in society. And, most conservative but non-orthodox religious people accept a limited role for government.
Yes they did, their destruction of our culture has been more advanced in the last 50 years than ever before.
The left/libertarians were fighting all that American social conservatism , and their victories have been immense.
Very good.
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals — if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is. - Ronald Reagan