ABSTRACT
The consequence of the narrow and myopic vision of both the gamester and the would-be profitmaker is that neither group has the slightest interest in the work of building a libertarian movement. And yet it is only through building such a movement that liberty can be achieved. Ideas, especially radical ideas, do not advance in the world in and by themselves, as it were in a vacuum; they can only be advanced by people, and therefore the advancement and development of such people—and therefore of a "movement"—becomes a prime task for the libertarian who is really serious about advancing his goals. Turning from these men of narrow vision, we must also see that utilitarianism, the common ground of free-market economists, is unsatisfactory for developing a flourishing libertarian movement. Anti-libertarians, and anti-radicals generally, characteristically make the point that "abolitionism" is "unrealistic;" by making the charge that they are hopelessly confusing the desired goal with a strategic estimate of the probable outcome.
