Libertarianism
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- yuekit0
This might sound kind of dumb or obvious but the Wikipedia page on libertarianism is actually a good overview:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li…
In the modern day U.S. it tends to get associated with people like Ron Paul and the Libertarian Party and therefore gets pigeon holed as a right-wing viewpoint but historically it's actually a broad umbrella that covers a long list of different variations both left and right.
Classical liberalism, anarchism, minarchism, anarcho-capitalism, anarcho-communism, left wing market libertarianism, etc. The common thread being the emphasis on freedom and desire to limit or destroy "the state."
Also I wouldn't say it lacks conceptual base at all...if anything it's almost all doctrine and concepts with people arguing endlessly over definitions and what is the real libertarianism. But there are also real world implementations such as Bitcoin to pick out an obvious example.
- < I have Libertarian leftist sympathies. It's not a single point of view. Just means you prefer the individual to have freedoms to use their own judgment.monoboy
- Right-wing libertarians just want freedom from the responsibilities of society to carry on monopolising their privilege in a big fuck you to the feckless. imo.monoboy
- Either way, a true libertarian society can't be a civilised one because people need guidance and government intervention to stop them doing really dumb shit.monoboy
- Just look at what America has done with their freedoms.monoboy
- "I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law." true civility is not defined in lawdeathboy