September 1, 2011 12:29PM # Lind’s Labors Lost, Cont’d By [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson) --- SHARE Jason Kuznicki and I have already posted a [couple](https://www.cato.org/ludwig-von-mises-on-fascism/) of [times](https://www.cato.org/mill-constant-lind-0/) correcting some of the points in Michael Lind’s howler-laden screed in *Salon*, which attacked libertarians and classical liberals for our supposed promotion of autocracy and other bad things. For a closer look at Lind’s method, check out [Will Wilkinson’s post](http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/08/fishing-fascists) at *The Economist* exploring what Mises and Hayek actually thought about democracy, which is at sharp variance with what Lind represents them as thinking. (As Wilkinson points out, finding out what these distinguished scholars said does not call for a lot of research time in libraries; Mises’s book *[Liberalism](http://mises.org/liberal.asp)*, including its chapter “[Democracy](http://mises.org/liberal/ch1sec8.asp),” can be read online.) I’ve gathered links to a few other responses [at my Overlawyered site](http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/gonna-wash-salon-right-outta-my-hair/), including posts worth reading by [Damon Root](http://reason.com/blog/2011/08/31/michael-lind-libertarians-apol) (Reason “Hit and Run”) and [Roderick Long](http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/08/libertarians-in-jackboots/) (Bleeding Heart Libertarians). [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).