Michael Lind — Libertarians hijacked the right: How free-market zealots doomed American conservatism

Instead of denouncing the Koch brothers, the Club for Growth, Paul Ryan and other free-market zealots on the right, American progressives should thank them for hijacking American conservatism and compelling it to push a libertarian agenda of privatizing Social Security, voucherizing Medicare and abolishing the minimum wage that has zero political appeal.

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Libertarians hijacked the right: How free-market zealots doomed American conservatism

Michael Lind