On former lefties

In my entry in Walter Block’s Libertarian Autobiography series on LRC, I noted, Unlike many libertarians who dally with socialism before seeing the light, I have never been attracted to leftism. Indeed, although I of course welcome former pinkos to our ranks, I’m always a bit suspicious of anyone who could ever be swayed by that bunk. Michael Barnett sent me an excerpt from a post of his that made a similar point, which admittedly has some appeal: Converting to Libertarianism I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can easily determine if a convert to libertarianism was … Continue reading On former lefties