ABSTRACT
Chapter 6, does for the libertarian imagination what Chapter 5 did for the securitarian. Using classic examples from history and literature, this chapter demonstrates how the libertarian root narratives work in context. The libertarian imagination is the domain of human rights, capitalism, and individualism. Each of the three shares a common protagonist function: to overcome political coercion of the individual. The form of injustice is the political coercion (violations of due process, torture, human rights abuses, imprisonment) and the victim/hero is the Individual. As before, what differentiates the three liberation root narratives is the antagonist function. In the Consent narrative, the antagonist is the government. In the Property narrative, the antagonists are representatives of the people who are envious of success. In the Merit narrative, the antagonists are outgroups and minorities, who are looking for some form of unfair compensation.
