The next president will almost certainly be a Democrat. For the Left, the likelihood that no single party will control the federal government is little cause for optimism. We can still expect mass deportations, increased government surveillance, and spiraling economic inequality following a likely Clinton win in November.

After beholding the viciousness of the Democratic Party’s liberalism — and the contempt that elite Democrats have for the very constituencies that sustain the party — many will undoubtedly continue to cast about for different perspectives.

One alternative, of course, is a systematic critique of capitalism, joined to a commitment to the transformation and democratization of social relations. Another set of possibilities, however, may be found in that peculiarly American political phenomenon: right-wing libertarianism.