If You Don't Conform, You Are Smeared

For John, BLUF:  Being without party, as Geo Washington hoped for, is probably not protection.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Democracy in Chains Author Nancy MacLean Calls Autism a Leading Cause of Libertarianism

The sub-headline:

"It’s striking to me how many of the architects of this cause seem to be on the autism spectrum: people who don’t feel solidarity or empathy with others."

From Reason, by Reporter Robby Soave, 13 February 2018.

Here is the lede plus one:

Nancy MacLean, the Duke University historian who wrote Democracy in Chains, the deeply conspiratorial and much-criticized biography of public choice economist James Buchanan, told an audience in New York last week that Buchanan and other early leaders of the limited-government movement "seem to be on the autism spectrum."

According to MacLean, there is a connection between autism and libertarianism, and that connection is not feeling "solidarity or empathy," and having "kind of difficult human relationships sometimes."  The implication is that libertarianism is similarly cold and unfeeling, and attracts people who don't care about others.

There it is, Ladies and Gentlemen, those of us who believe in limited government are autistic.  At least we don't have Aspergers, which would identify us as a Progressive.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff