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Originally posted by MrMastodonFarm+Aug 1 2004, 03:15 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MrMastodonFarm @ Aug 1 2004, 03:15 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Flame Of Liberty@Jul 31 2004, 09:31 AM
Far right for me. Extreme far right. Off the charts actaully. Libertarian they call it.
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Libertarian? I thought the offical name was Pure Concentrated Evil? :P
Just took the second test that Cow posted. I was right on the dot between left and centurist. Wasn't suprised at all. I voted left in this poll however. [/b][/quote]
Haha yep that`s what they call it. Pretty much everybody I talk to about politics or economics thinks I`m nuts, at least in the beginning. I try to post a lot about these topics on this board too, eventhough I know the acceptance of such ideas isn`t very high. However, even if my radical rants only persuade 5 people to do some further research into it, its well worth it IMO.
As for the advocates web page, they are guiltyof the very misconception about libertarianism I was talking about. They say that:
"Libertarians support a great deal of liberty and freedom of choice in both personal and economic matters.
They believe government's only purpose is to protect people from coercion and violence. They value individual responsibility, and they tolerate economic and social diversity."
Libertarians do not believe government`s only purpose is to protect people from coercion and violence because the government is nothing else but coercion and violence. Governments can work only when they can use coercion and violence, ie tax, regulate, `distribute income` etc. For libertarians there`s no such thing as a free state. Other right wing ideologies can accept some form of state/government, libertarians cannot. That`s the basic differences between these two - libertarian creed does not compromise when it comes to liberty and principles.
So, in short, if someone thinks there`s a small role of the governemnt (no matter how small) that`s fine (and certainly better than supporting big government) but he`s not libertarian.
Another misconception is that libertarians (sometimes called anarchocapitalists or ancap) are anarchists fighting against globalization, McDonalds and multinational companies, whereas these two groups are on the opposite polar ends of the political spectrum. What I am saying libertarians are not those guys throwing rocks and molotow cocktails into KFC, which is what many people think when they hear the word anarchy.
Libertarians are against any form of violence or coercion (which means physical attack against someone or their property) unless they are threatened or attacked in the first place. That`s it in a nutshell.