| According to wikipedia identity politics is defined as "... politics based on a particular identity, such as race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, social background, social class." Which is not my association for Hippie politics or classic libertarian politics. Hippies in my head were known for proposing anti-materialistic lifestyle, less moral looking down on promiscuity, open to drug usage and anti war. None of those target a specific identity group. Libertarians are a political group who support freedom.
Normally that means opposing state intervention, taxes, social nets, restrictions to what you can buy/sell.
I don't see this as politics for a special identity group either.
(ok maybe for the identity group in the upper social class) PS: somehow I feel like in the US libertarians seem to be seen as left wing which might be the case, but is not inherent to libertarian politics. You can have right wing libertarian politics like some libertarian parties in other countries show |
Maybe this is part of the issue? You're comparing a contemporary social phenomenon through to one you've (probably) only learned about through history books, media and cultural osmosis.
> somehow I feel like in the US libertarians seem to be seen as left wing
That is the polar opposite of my "feeling", which is that US libertarians overwhelmingly skew right. Just look at the most prominent figures who self identify as such : The Pauls [Ron, Rand], Gary Johnson, Thomas Massie - all either current or former Republicans.