the.com/libertarianism
The belief that the government is incompetent, except at protecting your property from it.
means A political philosophy that prizes individual liberty and private property above most other values, favoring minimal government intervention in both markets and personal life.
from Built from 'liberty' (Latin 'liber,' free) plus the '-arian' suffix marking a believer or advocate, the way 'vegetarian' marks a believer in vegetables. The word originally described believers in free will (as opposed to determinism) in philosophical debates, only picking up its political sense later, when it was adopted — first by radical individualists, then famously reclaimed by free-market advocates in the 20th century who felt 'liberal' had been stolen out from under them by people who liked government rather more than they did.
- core creed
- Your fist, your face, your business
- tax stance
- Theft, but with a permit
- roads debate
- Famously unresolved since forever
- party size
- Smaller than most subreddits