Writes Timothy Hallinan: “The left-libertarians appear to have many litmust tests. To the degree any candidate aligns himself with them, unless he is a liberal democrat, he proves himself to be unserious about the truly important aspects of being a libertarian. “I speak as a conservative with old right libertarian inclinations. What leads me to make common cause with libertarianism is mistrust of the state and the desire to be left alone that is common to both philosophies. Left libertarianism has no appeal to me as it doesn’t share that basic belief structure. I suspect that their alliance with the … Continue reading Left-Libertarian Litmus Tests