The Authoritarian Left And The Threat To Personal Liberty

Ian reflects on his political position, has he really moved from near anarchist left to reactionary right on the political spectrum without changing his opionions, or have authoritarians hijacked the language of liberal and libertarian philosophy and perverted it to serve a neo fascist, big government agenda?

But as well as questioning his own journey from being an anarchistic young rebel who believed in the equality of all under a single law, freedom of speech, thought and religion, personal liberty combined with personal responsibility, small government and minimal official intrusion into private lives, the common law  and a democratic society in which power is derived from the bottom up (by majority vote) rather than top down, the will of a small unelected elite, to being a swivel every right wing nut job who believes in  the equality of all under a single law, freedom of speech, thought and religion, personal liberty combined with ... fill the rest in for yourselves while those who call themselves liberals and radicals talk of criminalising dissent, passing laws to restrict freedom of thought, making it a felony to challenge certain ideas and ... well you know the rest.
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