EP129: Libertarian Purity Tests Do NOT Exist - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

What makes someone a libertarian? Jim Babka draws a distinction between being a libertarian and holding libertarian positions - effectively dismantling the myth of a “libertarian purity test.” He challenges efforts to smuggle in left-wing or right-wing agendas, starting with Jeffrey Tucker’s controversial 2014 essay "Against Libertarian Brutalism." From there, Jim builds a better foundation for understanding libertarianism, rooted not in aesthetics or tribal alliances but in the logic of self-ownership and the Principle of Human Respect. This episode offers a sharper definition of what it means to be a libertarian, and why grace, not conflict, is the path forward for libertarians.

NOTES AND LINKS
Jeffrey Tucker's "Against Libertarian Brutalism" https://fee.org/articles/against-libertarian-brutalism/
Nolan Chart (World's Smallest Political Quiz) http://theadvocates.org/quiz/
Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity https://www.harmonyandprosperity.org/
The Daryl Davis episodes...
- https://rumble.com/v6okt2x-ep121-daryl-davis-pt-1-biography-of-his-work-gracearchy-with-jim-babka.html
- https://rumble.com/v6pkvc0-ep122-daryl-davis-pt-2-fighting-racism-with-grace-gracearchy-with-jim-babka.html
The Conflict Machine https://theexitnetwork.substack.com/p/the-conflict-machine-explains-our

CHAPTERS
0:00 Theme
0:25 Principle of Human Respect
1:20 Jim's credentials
2:34 Transpartisan agreements
7:59 Tucker's Against Libertarian Brutalism
13:04 In defense of so-called brutalists
14:19 Inviting a libertarian civil war
15:44 Tucker's brutal irony
17:59 Words, meaning and differentiation
21:16 There is no Libertarian Purity Test
23:06 Libertarians concerned about five harms
27:26 The overlooked force
29:52 Libertarianism's unique sales proposition
31:24 Who is a libertarian? In the tent
34:45 What makes a position libertarian?
42:03 The libertarian position on immigration
46:37 The Logic of Self-Ownership
47:30 Grounding libertarianism in a Principle
49:32 What conditions maximize human flourishing?
51:58 How do we apply Human Respect?
57:49 Where Grace is not
1:01:00 Is Human Respect new?
1:06:07 Where Grace is

CREDITS
Bill Protzmann is your moderator.

This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/

Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/

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Be grace-full to each other.