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Dominique Pagani gives the word liberalism two senses, which he clearly distinguishes. In its original sense, liberalism is the love of freedom. It is in this sense that it marks Hegel's heterodoxy in the face of Prussian ideology, in a tribute to Jacques D'Hondt1. In current usage, by contrast, he sees it as a euphemism: people say "liberal" so as not to say "capitalist". The word serves as a fig leaf for capitalist rapacity; it designates the freedom of the wolf in the sheepfold. According to him, freedom must therefore be defended against liberalism23. He takes up Michel Clouscard's phrase "libertarian liberalism", coined after that of "libertarian social democracy". This phrase identifies the liberal with the libertarian of 684. In 2023, he describes it as an alliance: the anarchist-leaning figure who spits on the State works for the liberal employers. These employers also spit on the State, but never on the State apparatus5.
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Cycle 11 · 3 Mar 2023War, neo-fascism: libertarian liberalism
Cycle 10 · 7 Jul 2022#16 Michel Clouscard: “There are no holidays in the concept!”
Series · 31 Mar 2021A balance in nature?
Series · 10 Sept 2019M. Clouscard's reply to C. Morilhat (part 2)
Talks · 2 Aug 2016Tribute to Jacques D'Hondt (2)