Into the memory hole, spunkets?
They have usurped the word libertarian
Backwards.
No, what I said was correct. The socialists usurped the word libertarian.
From Webster's:
The entry for libertarianism gives: libertarian \li-ber-ter-e-en\ noun (1789) 1 : an advocate of the doctrine of free will 2 a : a person who upholds the principles of absolute and unrestricted liberty esp. of thought and action b cap : a member of a political party advocating libertarian principles libertarian adjective libertarianism \-e-e-ni-zem\ noun
socialism \so-she-li-zem\ noun (1837) (also:socialist \so-sh(e-)list\ noun (1827)) 1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods 2 a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b : a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state 3 : a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done
Note the dates, 1789 precedes 1827. Also note that Webster's fails to give an accurate definition of a libertarianism. Libertarianism is not a person, it is a philosophy and it does not hold that, thought and action should be absolute and unresticted. There are limits as they've been posted here and it is proper for govm't to impose them.