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Ian Golan

Policy Expert

Ian Golan is a policy expert on conscription and military economics and the author of the novel Flugjagd, which explores the war in Ukraine. He serves as the national coordinator for Students for Liberty in Finland and is the executive publisher of SpeakFreely Magazine.

Blog Posts

Libertarianism Might Never Be for the Masses

April 10, 2025
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Civil Liberties

Dave Smith believed (back in 2021, at least) that libertarianism should be populist. (Even though populism is not an ideology.) That we classical liberals should ride the wave of public uproar against the political mainstream. Direct the vitriolic hate for the “cathedral” at all incarnations of the state and surf the MAGA wave into the White House. He was not alone in this opinion. A growing portion of libertarians believe that all free-market advocates should pick the conservative side in the culture war. The Libertarian Party, controlled by a pro-Trump faction, embraced those tactics