Brown so energized this ragtag collection of outraged radicals of the right that some were no longer happy calling themselves “libertarian.” The name had no passion and fire; with its seven Latinate syllables, it could never become a household word. Some wanted to call themselves what they were: “radicals” of the right. Others understandably feared that any name with the word “radical” in it might turn off the wealthy men of affairs who would be needed to fund the cause, and so opted for “conservative” as interchangeable with “libertarian.” Yet while “conservative” might help in attracting
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