Are there any examples of libertarianism defeating a communist takeover of a country from within? I mean outside of fictional novels.
It usually takes a Franco or a Pinochet to reverse the commies. Reducing everything to an economic question plays right into their hands. Fascism is nearly always a “reactionary” movement that rises up as organized resistance to communism. Of course, the Current Year Left isn’t really even Marxist anymore in the traditional sense. Marx would have deplored all of the sexual perversion they push these days as bourgeoisie decadence, though he would have lacked any moral basis from which to do so.
Calling Leftists the “real fascists” doesn’t even phase them. At that point the serious ideologues among them know that you are distracted with word games. Meanwhile, now homosexuals can adopt children/victims!! Hooray!!
So, is Trump a fascist? Who cares? He’s nationalistic, relative to the Current Year. He certainly wanted to wield power to further his goals: that makes him “authoritarian” to the critics from several corners. He was less libertarian than the mainstream of the GOP on economics, though certainly not a fan of a “planned economy.” Meanwhile, on social issues ...
“Of course, the Current Year Left isn’t really even Marxist anymore in the traditional sense. Marx would have deplored all of the sexual perversion they push these days as bourgeoisie decadence, though he would have lacked any moral basis from which to do so.”
Don’t be so sure about that. One of Marx’s goals was the breakdown of the family, and sexual perversion is a dang good way to accomplish that bit. Besides, Lenin himself legalized homosexuality among other things (ironically, it was Stalin who recriminalized it within the USSR, though he DID still support it outside the USSR, purely so it could ensure a communist takeover far more easily).
As far as Fascism and whether it was reactionary, not really. If anything, Mussolini, the guy who founded Fascism, is pretty much all FOR Socialism, and is as much against it as Gramsci was.
“Are there any examples of libertarianism defeating a communist takeover of a country from within? I mean outside of fictional novels.”
Does Pope John Paul II and/or Ronald Reagan count?