Libertarianism

Right-Libertarianism, or more simply Libertarianism, is a Libertarian, Laissez-Faire Capitalist and culturally variable ideology (But usually more left-leaning) ideology. He inhabits the libertarian-right quadrant of the Political Compass, generally being in the middle of it unless specified. He believes in a very limited government and the individual's natural (negative) rights of life, liberty, and property. He likes the use of militias to watch them

They technically believe in the same principles of Classical Liberalism of equality before the law and the basic rights to life, liberty, and property, along with most lib-rights, although some people debate most Libertarians are only Libertarians because of the precise ideology and not the principles of it.

Libertarianism, Minarchism, and Anarcho-capitalism see taxation as a form of theft since they think that the government transgresses property rights by enforcing compulsory tax collection and they see it as a violation of the NAP but they three disagree on how much this has to be taken into consideration and reduced.

History

Naming Controversy

A narrative often held up by Left-wing Libertarians is that the term "Libertarian" was originally a socialist term, which was later appropriated by the right. This conception is a half-truth.

There are two origins of the term.

The terms "Libertarian" was originally coined in the File:Enlightnenment.pngEnlightenment to describe supporters of free will (as opposed to determinism) and with it generally free action. With the first recorded usage of the term being in 1789. As such, to say that "Libertarianism" is a strictly leftist term is not intellectually honest.

Although, it is true that the term "Libertarian" came in a wider use within left-wing circles in the 1890s as a euphemism for Anarchism, and different variations as Libertarian Socialism, Anarcho-Communism, and Anarcho-Syndicalism solid decades (Almost half a century) before the term was popularised within right-wing circles.

And although the term Libertarianism was already created at the time it acquired current meaning that we use at the moment from Liberalism before the 30s which was what we now consider Classical Liberalism and Libertarianism but during the campaign of Franklin D. Roosevelt the term started to be associated with the Democrat Party of the US, this being why the term in the US means something different than in most of the world where it's mostly associated to Classical Liberalism, and Liberalism to differentiate from them they decided to change the term Liberalism to Classical Liberalism/Libertarianism (Which at the time meant the same), but with the time and the development and radicalization of the Libertarian thought the term Libertarianism took the meaning of a more Anti-State version of Classical Liberalism.

Proto-Libertarianism

While Libertarian ideals could be considered to be rooted in history since antiquity (with examples being the 6th century B.C. Chinese Philosophers Lao-Tzu and Chuang-tzu), the modern incarnation of them can be traced to the radicalisation of Classical Liberal principles that occurred through the later half of the 19th century and through the 20th.

The most influential of these 19th century movements is generally considered to be French Liberal School, of Frederic Bastiat and Gustave De Molinari fame. With the former being known for positing that law becomes unjust and corrupted when it punishes the right of self-defence of one individual in favour of other individuals' plunder and the latter for being originator of ideas that were essentially Voluntaryist.

How to Draw

Libertarianism's design is based on the Gadsden Flag.

Draw a ball.
Draw eyes on the ball.
Fill the ball around the eyes with yellow.
Draw a coiled rattlesnake.
(Optional) Draw grass under the rattlesnake.

For more detail add "DONT TREAD ON ME" or the simpler "NO STEP" under the rattlesnake.

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Relationships

Friends

Classical Liberalism - My father who is more moderate than me but influenced by views greatly.
Anarcho-Capitalism - Basically me but more extreme, we disagree on some stuff like the NAP but overall we get along well
Minarchism - You're pretty similar to AnCap which is why I like you but you believe in some bare bones government which is good.
Paleolibertarianism - Pretty much me but more conservative, we still agree on almost everything though.
Hoppeanism - Much more radical than me and quite racist too but we have a mutual love of free markets and we both hate commies so we're good.
Pink Capitalism - Good ideas economically, love them in fact but I'm not a big fan of your ultra-progressivism, bare in mind I don't hate it as much as Paleolib or Hoppean but you're still going too far on the cultural left.

Frenemies

Authoritarian Capitalism - We agree on economics but he wants to tread on me.
National Capitalism - You think contained free market is a good idea AND you want to tread on me also but at least we agree economically.
Pinochetism - It's a little too extreme but I like how you deal with commies, but please no step ok.
Conservatism - We agree on a lot of stuff like markets and we both hate socialists but he tells me I don't commit to my nation's values like he does as if I even care.
Social Libertarianism - I mean Andrew Yang is a little based but wtf is this welfare shit?
Libertarian Socialism - I'm letting him have a faction in the party...for now
Green Libertarianism - If you wanna be an environmentalist you'll need to be a statist, at least we agree on pretty much everything else though.
Neoliberalism - Because of you everybody calls me Neoliberal, at least you're capitalist.

Enemies

File:Soc.png Socialism - Literal opposite of me! DON'T TREAD ON ME!
Anarcho-Communism - Also hates governments but also wants to tread on me!
Fascism - NO STEP!!!
Marxism–Leninism - Even WORSE than socialism! Don't tread on me either!
Corporatocracy - AT LEAST YOU ARE NOT THE GOVERNMENT

Further Info

Texts

The Law by Claude Frederic Bastiat
Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom by Ron Paul
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics by Henry Hazlitt
Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell
Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick

WTF happened in 1971?
Two Concepts of Liberty by Isaiah Berlin

Wikipedia

Lists

Concepts

YouTube

Channels

Videos

Public vs Private | The Historic Definitions of Socialism & Capitalism by TIK
In full: Rowan Atkinson of free speech by Defend Free Speech
IdeoLogs: Interview With The Libertarian Party by IdeoLogs
The Debunkers Save Libertarianism by Freedom Toons
Common Sense Soapbox by Foundation for Economic Education
What is libertarianism? A simple guide | A-Z of ISMs Episode 12 by BBC Ideas
What it's like as an American abroad with Taxes: Double Taxation by Evan Edinger
In A Libertarian Society... by Freedom Toons (Note: Satiric Video)
Econ Shots by The Academic Agent
The Collapse of The American Dream in Animation by Tad Lumpkin and Harold Uhl

Online Communities

r/GoldAndBlack (Discord)
r/Libertarian (Note: the sub has a large userbase of people who are not actually inclined towards libertarianism)
r/AskLibertarians
r/LibertariansBelieveIn (Discord)
r/Libertarianmemes
r/Voluntarist, r/VoluntaristArt, r/Voluntaristmemes
Unpopular Academy and related discord servers

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