Liberal Currents: To Reject Bigotry, Libertarians Should Become Neoliberals

There are a great number of libertarians who abhor bigotry of all kinds—racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc. But libertarianism as a party and as a movement has always been vulnerable to extremists and bad actors. Influential thinkers like Murray Rothbard flirted with white supremacy and racist ideas, while Hans Hermann Hoppe was an open and enthusiastic white supremacist. Ron Paul was associated with white nationalists for decades, and his newsletters long promoted racist and homophobic ideas. In the past most libertarian organizations had the decency to be embarrassed about this, but far too often the modern libertarian movement embraces this kind of bigotry.