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Libertarians Distort Classical Liberalism

True classical liberals like John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith understood government must provide certain public goods and enforce rules and law, and that government cannot be done away with; the American libertarian fringe that treats all government activity and taxes as illegitimate is a distortion, not what classical liberalism is about.

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Speaker

Francis Fukuyama

Evidence Quote

in the us you have this uh libertarian fringe that thinks that somehow all aspects of government uh activity are somehow illegitimate the taxes are illegitimate

Source

471 - The End Of History RevisitedMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:08:32 AM

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