Final Word

That’s Matt Zwolinski’s final word on our fruitful discussion. As I said on Substack: “And I too have learned much from Matt Zwolinski’s insightful work and have enjoyed this discussion! Onward … “

For those who’d like to read that discussion, here’s a chronological index:

Matt Zwolinski, “The Myth of Libertarianism: Tribe First, Theory Later” (20 April 2026)

Replies to Matt:

Roger Bissell and David Gordon: “Is Libertarianism Incoherent?” (5 May 2026)
Chris Matthew Sciabarra: “Are We all Libertarian-Adjacent Now? Reply to Matt Zwolinski” (11 May 2026)

Matt’s reply: “Family Resemblance: Is Peter Thiel a Real Libertarian?” (20 May 2026)

My second reply to Matt: “The Triumph of the Libertarian-Hyphenates: Reply the Second to Matt Zwolinski” (26 May 2026)

And today’s final note from Matt (shown above) (1 June 2026)