Ron Paul and the Neo-Fascists

The right-libertarian magazine eigentümlich frei is positively ecstatic that "their candidate" Ron Paul is surging in the polls and is now viewed as a frontrunner to win the Iowa Caucus:

"Weitere Anzeichen für eine beginnende regionale Marktdurchdringung der Marke „Ron Paul“ häufen sich. Die Internet-Wettplattform Intrade sieht Paul derzeit in Iowa mit einer Wahrscheinlichkeit von 47 Prozent in Führung, Romney und Gingrich folgen mit 34 und 8 Prozent. Selbst in den Hauptstrommedien, die Paul so lange wie irgend möglich totschwiegen, wird jetzt die Möglichkeit diskutiert, dass der vermeintliche „Außenseiter“, dem man dort „null Chance“ auf die Nominierung gibt, die erste Vorwahl gewinnen könnte. Auch die „New York Times“ sieht Paul dort klar in Führung."

("There are more and more indications that the brand "Ron Paul" is experiencing a regional market penetration. The Internet betting site Intrade now sees the probability of a Paul victory at 48%, followed by Romney and Gingrich at 34% and 8%.  Even the mainstream media which totally ignored Paul now discusses the possiblity that the supposed "outsider" could win the first nominating election even though he has "zero chance" of winning the nomination.  The New York TImes as well sees Paul in the lead.")

But the editors of eigentümlich frei fail to point out who many of these enthusiastic supporters for Ron Paul really are.  The New York Times published an excellent article on support for the Paul campaign from white supremacist groups in the US who were enthusiastic subscribers to Ron Paul's racist newsletters in the 1990s. 

The TImes piece, however, is incomplete in that it fails to explore Ron Paul's contacts with prominent neo-fascist groups both in the US and abroad.  For example, in November of this year Ron Paul met with Marine LePen, leader of the French neo-fascist Front National (FN) and a serious opponent of Sarkozy.  In Germany, the völkisch-national weekly Junge Freiheit has written extensively - and admiringly - about Ron Paul as the father of the Tea Party movement, which the editors Junge Freiheit would love to replicate in Germany as the vanguard of a neo-fascist movement. A reporter for Junge Freiheit - Kristof Berking - even traveled to the US to attend a Ron Paul "Rally for the Republic".  Berking has compiled a useful "Internet Guide the Ron Paul Revolution" and also writes about Paul for eigentümlich frei   - demonstrating the close links between libertarianism and neo-fascism.  Junge Freiheit's American Cousin - the "intellectual" white supremacist site Alternative Right has written approvingly of Ron Paul's racist newsletters and the site's senior editor - Professor Paul Gottfried - has endorsed Ron Paul. 

The NYTimes piece points out that Ron Paul was heavily influenced by the Libertarian thinker Murray Rothbard, who tried to build a Libertarian political movement in the 1970s and 1980s.  Rothbard's most famous disciple is the German-born Libertarian anarcho-fascist thinker Hans Hermann Hoppe (also, incidentally, a contributor to Junge Freiheit) who, in his 2001 book Democracy: The God That Failed advocates a new feudalism centered on a cult of private  property where enemies of the "natural order" - Gays, Lesbians, Democrats, etc. - would be forcibly expelled or detained:

"There can be no tolerance toward those habitually promoting lifestyles incompatible with this goal. They-the advocates of alternative, non-family-centered lifestyles such as, for instance, individual hedonism, parasitism, nature-environment worship, homosexuality, or communism-will have to be physically removed from society, too, if one is to maintain a libertarian order."  -Hans Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed

The Web site Daily Paul has links to videos of Professor Hoppe endorsing the "Ron Paul Revolution". 

 

Comments

[James]

You really ought to relax.

[Hattie]

Such a dreary fellow. One of my blogger compatriots points out that no president has ever won re-election with the economic situation as bad as it is today. However, the Republicans blew it with all these idiots running for President.
Obama will be re-elected.

[James]

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