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Liberal-libertarianism

libéralisme libertaire

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Dominique Pagani takes up this phrase from Michel Clouscard, who coined it in 1972. He sees in it the formula of post-68 capitalism: the union of two terms thought to be opposed, the liberal employer class and the libertarian of the barricades1. The libertarian of 68 becomes the liberal of 982. He defines it as a regime that is repressive towards the producer and permissive towards the consumer, repressive at the social level and permissive at the societal level, summed up in the formula "everything is allowed, but nothing is possible"3. He explains this mutation by the crisis of overproduction: capitalism reverses its values of saving, effort and work and opens the market of desire45. He calls it liberal in economics, in the sense of laissez-faire, "the freedom of the fox in the henhouse", libertarian in morals, and hedonistic. He also links the liquidation of jazz to it. In the most recent sessions, he calls it the "second fascism", the ideology most widespread among the bourgeoisies6.

  1. 1L comme Liberté26 Dec 2014 · 2:33
  2. 2TOUT EST PERMIS, RIEN N'EST POSSIBLE ! Michel Clouscard, Mai 68 et le capitalisme de la séduction14 Jul 2021 · 18:24
  3. 3Avec Clouscard2 Aug 2016 · 1:17
  4. 4Avec Clouscard2 Aug 2016 · 11:14
  5. 5[ENTRETIEN] DOMINIQUE PAGANI - Michel Clouscard et la trahison de mai 687 Feb 2025 · 19:43
  6. 6Leur "Europe", c'est la guerre.28 Feb 2026 · 39:13

Summary produced automatically from 21 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Talks · 7 Feb 2025[INTERVIEW] DOMINIQUE PAGANI - Michel Clouscard and the betrayal of May 68
  1. 19:43A mutation of capitalism: the values of liberal competitive capitalism (saving, effort, work) are multiplied by minus one, and all the doors of desire are opened.
  2. 24:01Liberal in economics, in the sense of laissez-faire, which is the freedom of the fox in the henhouse, and libertarian in mores.
  3. 39:58Since 68, a capitalism that produces surplus value and a libertarianism at the societal level have reigned together.
Series · 2 Aug 2016With Clouscard
  1. 1:17Union of the liberal and the libertarian. The regime is repressive toward the producer and permissive toward the consumer, repressive at the social level and permissive at the societal level: "everything is permitted, but nothing is possible."
  2. 11:14Dominant ideology of the "forty shameful years." It responds to the overproduction crisis: capitalism must shift from saving to consumption, which it encourages.
Series · 26 Dec 2014L for Liberty
  1. 2:33A phrase coined by Clouscard, which unites what was thought opposed: liberal employers and the libertarian of the barricades.
  2. 6:37The liberal-libertarian is hedonistic: he remains at the level of the pleasure principle.
Series · 7 Jul 2012Radio Galère - Michel Clouscard - 2
  1. 2:45Synthesis of a liberalism repressive in the act of producing and permissive in the act of consuming, born of the alliance of the liberal and the libertarian against de Gaulle.
  2. 31:07Jazz was liquidated for the same reasons as the gains of the working class, to make way for liberal libertarianism.

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