ACCORDING TO YOUR ANSWERS,
The political description that
fits you best is...
LIBERTARIAN
LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and
economic matters.
But I don't - I support the maximum liberty that is possible and still have functioning society. The way this is worded is more a definition of anarchy then libertarianism.
They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence.
The size of a government is not a libertarian principle - the libertarian principle would be to have just the size of government required - that could in fact be a large government or a small government.
Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility,
Wow they've got one thing right!
oppose government bureaucracy
As with the size of the government this is not a libertarian principle - what they are playing with is the way "bureaucracy" can also be used as a negative word the "frustrating & petty rules sense" however bureaucracy also means (encrata) "an administrative system, especially in a government, that divides work into specific categories carried out by special departments of non-elected officials" in otherwords if you have a government you have to by definition have bureaucracy.
and taxes,
Again not necessarily a libertarian principle; if a person can leave the libertarian state (if they do not wish to pay the taxes) then taxation can be part of a libertarian society since all members of the society agree to pay taxes.
promote private charity,
Really nothing to do with libertarianism - what people do with their own resources is a matter for them - a libertarianism should be neutral regarding matters like this - or did they forget that they've already said "..embrace individual responsibility"?
tolerate diverse lifestyles,
Not quite - it is not a matter of tolerate it is a matter that a libertarian believes every individual may do what they like as long as they don't initiate force against another. Again a libertarian should be neutral.
support the free market,
This is an interesting one. I would say that a libertarian should not support the "free market" since that would mean imposing a specific form of trade and economic decisions on people - people should be free to trade and make whatever economic choices they wish. I've always thought libertarianism would have to revert back to a more mercantile system as legal conveniences such as limited liability companies seem almost anti-libertarian to me.
and defend civil liberties.
Well yes and no. Surely all they should be interested in is the civil liberty of "no initiation of force"?
The political description that
fits you best is...
LIBERTARIAN
LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and
economic matters.
But I don't - I support the maximum liberty that is possible and still have functioning society. The way this is worded is more a definition of anarchy then libertarianism.
They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence.
The size of a government is not a libertarian principle - the libertarian principle would be to have just the size of government required - that could in fact be a large government or a small government.
Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility,
Wow they've got one thing right!
oppose government bureaucracy
As with the size of the government this is not a libertarian principle - what they are playing with is the way "bureaucracy" can also be used as a negative word the "frustrating & petty rules sense" however bureaucracy also means (encrata) "an administrative system, especially in a government, that divides work into specific categories carried out by special departments of non-elected officials" in otherwords if you have a government you have to by definition have bureaucracy.
and taxes,
Again not necessarily a libertarian principle; if a person can leave the libertarian state (if they do not wish to pay the taxes) then taxation can be part of a libertarian society since all members of the society agree to pay taxes.
promote private charity,
Really nothing to do with libertarianism - what people do with their own resources is a matter for them - a libertarianism should be neutral regarding matters like this - or did they forget that they've already said "..embrace individual responsibility"?
tolerate diverse lifestyles,
Not quite - it is not a matter of tolerate it is a matter that a libertarian believes every individual may do what they like as long as they don't initiate force against another. Again a libertarian should be neutral.
support the free market,
This is an interesting one. I would say that a libertarian should not support the "free market" since that would mean imposing a specific form of trade and economic decisions on people - people should be free to trade and make whatever economic choices they wish. I've always thought libertarianism would have to revert back to a more mercantile system as legal conveniences such as limited liability companies seem almost anti-libertarian to me.
and defend civil liberties.
Well yes and no. Surely all they should be interested in is the civil liberty of "no initiation of force"?
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