Minarchism

Not to be confused with Monarchism

Minarchism
"AnCap Mild Flavor"
Basic Information
Aliases	Minarchy Mincap Minarcho-Capitalism Minimum Government Minimal Statism (Usually Pejoratively) Nozickism State (Right-)Libertarianism Right Minarchism Libertarian Minimalism Decentralist Capitalism Semi-Anarcho-Capitalism (According to some) Classical Liberalism 2.0 State Ultraliberalism Minarcuck (by Anti-Minarchists) Minark*ke Nozism Night Watchman State(Somewhat derogatorily) Judge-State
Alignment(s)	LibRight  Culturally Variable  Capitalists   Liberals   Libertarians  Minarchists Right-Wing Liberals
Ideological Information
Influenced by:	Libertarianism Austrian School (Some) Propertarianism
Influenced	Anarcho-Capitalism Minarcho-Socialism Hayekism Objectivism Pragerism National Libertarianism
Notable people	This list includes both people who wanted a night watchman state and genuine minarchists influenced by the Austrian School and Nozick. America Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) USA Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) USA Ayn Rand (1905-1982) Russia/ USA Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) USA Milton Friedman (1912-2006) USA John Hospers (1918-2011) Ed Clark (1930-) Ron Paul (1935-) Robert Nozick (1938-2002) USA Ed Crane (1944-) USA Jo Jorgensen (1957-) USA João Amoêdo (1962-) Brazil Rand Paul (1963-) USA Javier Milei (1970-) Argentina Axel Kaiser (1981-) Chile Europe John Locke (1632-1704) England David Hume (1711-1776) Scotland Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Ireland Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) France Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) UK Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) Austria Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) Austria Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) UK Peter Sloterdijk (1947-) Germany Valeriya Novodvorskaya (1950-2014) Russia Hans-Adam II (1960-) Liechtenstein Hennadiy Balashhov (1961-) Ukraine Mikhail Pojarsky (1984-) Russia Mikhail Svetov (1985-) Russia Asia Moshe Feiglin (1962-) Israel Ryoko Shaku (1969-) Japan
Variations
Sub-Ideologies	Minarcho-Liberalism Classical Liberalism Minarcho-Georgism (Some) Liberalism Liberaltarianism
School of Thought	5.10 Anti-Communism Anti-Corruption Anti-Hetmanomics Anti-Socialism Atlanticism Contrarianism Economic Globalism Fiscal Conservatism Hayekism Monetarism National Libertarianism (some) Neo-Libertarianism Balashovism Contrarianism Kakistocracy Kleptocracy (Accused by party members) Populism Russophilia (Accused, partially)
Character Information
Likes	Property laws NAP
Dislikes	Aggression Theft
Song	Rush - The Spirit Of Radio Lynard Skynyrd - Free Bird Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns to Town Merle Haggard - The Fightin Side Of Me Metallica - Don't Tread On Me É o Milei (Samba Enredo)

"A minimal state, limited, to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on, is justified, but any more extensive state will violate persons' rights not to be forced to do certain things, and is unjustified; and that the minimal state is inspiring as well as right."

Robert Nozick

Minarchism is a political ideology which seeks to establish a form of governance in which state intervention is as minimal as possible while still maintaining a broadly functional society of which the general standard for "functional" varies from person to person. This form of governance is called a Minarchy or a Night-Watchman State.

Minarchism concept is generally considered as being alligned with laissez-faire capitalist economic thought (and the version this page manages) although not necessarily with some libertarian socialists embracing the concept, forming minarcho-socialism.

History

Victorian Minarchy

By many historians Victorian Great Britain, or more specifically great britain from the time after the repeal of the corn laws in 1846 to the time before introduction of greater social reforms starting with the administration of Benjamin Disraeli in the 1870's, continuing with the so-called people's budget of the liberal party in 1909-1910 with the final nail in the coffin being the First World War.

Historian A.J.P. Taylor wrote:

Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country for ever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913-14, or rather less than 8 per cent of the national income.

A.J.P. Taylor, The Effects and Origins of the Great War

Historian Charles Townshed wrote:

Britain, however, with its strong tradition of minimal government — the 'night-watchman state' — vividly illustrated the speed of the shift [during World War I] from normalcy to drastic and all-embracing wartime powers like those contained in the Defence of the Realm Act

Charles Townshed, The Oxford History of Modern War p.14

Origins of the night-watchman state

The term "Night-Watchman State" or in German "Nachtwächterstaat" was coined by the Prussian social democrat Ferdinard Lassalle in a 1864 to criticise the classical liberal form of government, in which the state only exists to prevent theft instead of caring for the greater well-being of its citizens. The term picked up a popularity within various socialist circles in germany.

In 1927 the Austrian praxeologist Ludwig von Mises responded to Lassalle's sentiment in his book Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition in which he effectively said "Yes" to Lassale, saying that a night-watchman state is no more ridiculous than a state so regulationist that it concerns itself with "the preparation of sauerkraut, with the manufacture of trouser buttons, or with the publication of newspapers".

The German socialist, Ferdinand Lassalle, tried to make the conception of a government limited exclusively to this sphere appear ridiculous by calling the state constituted on the basis of liberal principles the "night-watchman state." But it is difficult to see why the night-watchman state should be any more ridiculous or worse than the state that concerns itself with the preparation of sauerkraut, with the manufacture of trouser buttons, or with the publication of newspapers. In order to understand the impression that Lassalle was seeking to create with this witticism, one must keep in mind that the Germans of his time had not yet forgotten the state of the monarchical despots, with its vast multiplicity of administrative and regulatory functions, and that they were still very much under the influence of the philosophy of Hegel, which had elevated the state to the position of a divine entity. If one looked upon the state, with Hegel, as "the self-conscious moral, substance," as the "universal in and for itself, the rationality of the will," then, of course, one had to view as blasphemous any attempt to limit the function of the state to that of serving as a night watchman. It is only thus that one can understand how it was possible for people to go so far as to reproach liberalism for its "hostility" or enmity towards the state. If I am of the opinion that it is inexpedient to assign to the government the task of operating railroads, hotels, or mines, I am not an "enemy of the state" any more than I can be called an enemy of sulfuric acid because I am of the opinion that, useful though it may be for many purposes, it is not suitable either for drinking, or for washing one's hands.

Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition, p.60

Nozick and the Minarchist movement

W.I.P.

5.10 model

5.10 - is a libertarian political party in Ukraine, that was founded during "Revolution of Dignity" in March, 2014. This party propose what they call "5.10 system" (by which they named party). "5.10 system" are propose a model with only two simple taxes: 10% - sociali security contribution, 5% - sales tax. Also, for big amount of time they were in support of preservation of governmental pension fund, but later on, party rejected this idea, in favour of private pension funds. They also support Ukraine joining NATO.

Hennadiy Balashov - is eccentric creator of the party. He was famous for many bizzare and sometimes contradictionary views, aspacially views on languege problem in Ukraine (he said, that people who fine you for advertising buisness in Ukraine should be beaten up by a rock, but also saying that he are trying to start to speak ukrainian in his personal life). In 2022 he flew Ukraine, because he faced accusation by a minor law violetion that he done 15 years ago. In 2023 he was accused in involving in a corruption schemes by his own party members.

Personality and Behavior

Minarchism is often seen as Anarcho-Capitalism's less interesting, but more mature, older brother. He has a strong urge to defend himself (see picture above) from perceived aggression from statists and other enemies and is often preoccupied with enforcing the NAP, perhaps even more so than Libertarianism. Minarchism is also extremely passionate about property rights and protecting the free market from any government interference.

How To Draw

Flag of Minarchism

1. Draw a ball.
2. Draw a diagonal yellow line from the bottom left to the top right corner of the ball. Color the upper half of the ball yellow.
3. Color the bottom half of the ball blue.
4. Draw the eyes and you are done.
5. (Optional) Draw a 12-Gauge Shotgun being held

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Yellow	#FFFF00	255, 255, 0
	Blue	#0000FF	0, 0, 255

Relationships

Friends

• Libertarianism - My dear best friend who is the least radical out of the club. I'm one of the main minority factions of the American Libertarian Party.
• Classical Liberalism - My grandfather's philosophy has greatly influenced my own.
• National Liberalism - My nationalist uncle, a bit statist sometimes.
• Libertarian Conservatism - A truly small government conservative.
• National Libertarianism - You too understand the importance of limited government.
• Fiscal Conservatism - Economic Conservatism is pretty based.

Frenemies

• Minarcho-Socialism - My misguided son.
• Authoritarian Capitalism - My misguided half-brother. He does understand that free market economics are based, but he wants to enforce them using big government.
• Neo-Libertarianism - Another misguided half brother. You follow my idea of a limited government with capitalist economics, but are you sure that your idea of military intervention follows the NAP?
  • You support small government and oppose authoritarianism, right?

• • Yeah, of course I do.

• • So why don't you want to ensure that other nations are liberated from authoritarianism?

• Hayekism - I don't hate you as much as ancaps do but your tax policy is pretty statist.
• Libertarian Monarchism - Why does the "night watchman state" have to be led by a watchman king?
• Reactionary Liberalism - My reactionary cousin, while a bit statist, he can be pretty based.
• Conservatism - A great business partner but he's just a bit too statist.
• National Conservatism & Right-Wing Populism - Too statist although many of you are kinda based .
• Entire LibLeft quadrant - Misguided at best. Property is not theft.
• Anarcho-Capitalism - My brother, who's a bit crazier than me. His anarchism is a little misguided, but otherwise, we're identical.

Enemies

• Entire AuthCenter quadrant & Entire AuthLeft quadrant - NO STEP ON SNEK!

Further Information

For overlapping political theory see: Libertarianism, Classical Liberalism, Objectivism, Georgism

Literature

• Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick
• Anarchism/Minarchism: Is a Government a Part of a Free Country? by Roderick T. Long and Tibor R. Machan
• Liberalism: In the Classical Tradition by Ludwig Von Mises
• The Man versus the State by Herbert Spencer

Wikipedia

• Night-watchman state
• Limited government
• Small government
• Debates within libertarianism
• Robert Nozick

YouTube

Channels

• Libertarian Views Scotty M
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Videos

• What Minarchists Actually believe by Arcion
• Minarchy/Night-watchmen state by Politics and international relations as basics

Online Communities

• r/Minarchy
• r/MinarchistMemes

Gallery

Portraits

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Comics and Artwork

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