libertopianism

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noun

Libertarianism, viewed as untenable or hopelessly idealistic.

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Meanings

nounlibertopianism (uncountable)
  1. USderogatoryuncountablegovernmentLibertarianism, viewed as untenable or hopelessly idealistic.

    Conservative libertopianism is chock full of internal contradictions.

    1997 December 15, BretCahill, “Re: All Men Are Angels”, in talk.politics.libertarian (Usenet)
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    Thus we get back to the argument that Libertopianism provides protection for the rich only, […]

    2000 September 9, John Merrall, “Re: How a Libertarian Capitalist Became a Libertarian Socialist”, in alt.politics.libertarian (Usenet)

    In 1991, the extropians also founded an e-mail list, catching the wind of the Internet typhoon and its high-tech libertopianism.

    2004, James Hughes, Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human Future, page 166

Origin

Blend of libertarianism + utopianism.

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