Reply #68: Definition of Libertarianism-post #44 [View All]

America was founded on a lot of Libertarian principles, but Libertarianism itself has been warped in this country to mean "My personal freedom trumps everyone else's". In the rest of the world:


Libertarianism is a broad spectrum of political philosophies, each sharing the common overall priority of maximum limitation of government combined with optimum possible individual liberty. Its goals, though often varied in detail, prioritize freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of association, freedom to bear arms, freedom of and from religion, Press freedom, economic freedom, and freedom of ownership. Right-libertarianism rejects the compulsions of socialism and communism, upholding, by contrast, private property, whether held on an individual or group basis. However, left-libertarianism, also referred to as classical libertarianism, is based on democratic socialism.