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Learn Liberty | What is Libertarian?

A former Republican who grew larger balls and decided to say fuck the establishment.

I became Libertarian once I fully understood the Constitution.

One who follows a Utopian political ideology which claims to support individual freedoms in all areas socially and economically. Ironically, while they advocate "small" government, (i.e. reduction of government in all areas except those which protect the domination of the capitalist class) if the libertarian ideology were to actually be put into effect, it would more than likely lead to an extremely oppressive society, dominated even more than now, by a wealthy few. Because of this, libertarianism can be described as a form of corporatism in disguise. Libertarianism is popular among rebellious high schoolers who in actuality know little of politics or the real world.

1. Someone who thinks Somalia is a nice place to live. 2. One who thinks Ayn Rand is a good writer and isn't crazy. 3. Delves into the archives of history to base an ideology off of Industrial Age Europe in much the same way conservatives do medieval England. 4. One who thinks the free market should decide whether or not it's okay to force your children to work in African mines doing backbreaking labor, inhaling toxic fumes and whatnot for eight cents an hour.

^ each and every one a proud Libertarian

-Children working in factories and mines -Corporate monopolies -Workplaces where death is likely -Low, low wages -Shit in your food (Read Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle") -Even more extreme corporate corruption and political pawns than we have now. -Getting the living fuck stomped out of you by company-hired goons for trying to organize a union (Battle of the Overpass)

-Typical libertarian

also, they support vouchers, giving money to kids to go to private schools. if there is the money to send these kids to private schools, why not use that money to improve the public schools?

libertarians believe in economic freedom. economic freedom may have been a good idea back in the 1700's, but today it's naive to think big corporations are better left unrestricted.

In North America, the term libertarian means what everywhere else is called a Classical Liberal. This is a person who essentially pushes for the rights of big business at any cost. The Libertarian party was, not surprisingly, started by the billionaire Koch brothers. Two key unspoken tenets of North American libertarianism: companies should never be regulated because the Little Guy must fend for himself, and companies should be free to pollute at will. This is a true and accurate description of North American libertarians attitudes although they always try to appear virtuous and intellectual. They are neither. In their effort to appear intelligent, libertarians is argue that in a free market (which has never existed) everything is fair. Not so. In any country that doesn't protect the little guy, big companies can pummel them into submission, particularly in the courts but also when the little guy is a shareholder or employee or a voter. Corporations power lets them get away with almost anything. Even economist Adam Smith would have rejected corporatism, because he believed companies should always be small.

billionaire Koch brothers

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Urban Dictionary: Libertarian

VoteMatch Responses (Click here for VoteMatch quiz) VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+5 points on Social scale) Government should be kept out of the matter of abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Abortion is a womans choice and does not concern the state: Favors topic 1 Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale) Support individuals right to choose, even if we disapprove: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Redress the wrongs of the U.S. towards the Indians: Favors topic 2 Hate crimes are used to punish blacks: Neutral on topic 2 Favors topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale) OK to deny service to gays & OK to boycott those companies: Opposes topic 3 Let consenting adults choose their own sexual relationships: Strongly Favors topic 3 Repeal all laws against homosexuality: Strongly Favors topic 3 Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-3 points on Social scale) No welfare & no restrictions on work: Favors topic 4 Church and state should be completely separate: Strongly Opposes topic 4 Non-profits more effective than government at safety net: Strongly Favors topic 4 Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) Restore and revive a free market health care system: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Government should not be in the health insurance business: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) Phase out government-sponsored retirement system: Strongly Favors topic 6 Replace the Social Security system with a private system: Strongly Favors topic 6 Privatize Social Security: Strongly Favors topic 6 Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) Let parents control all educational funding: Strongly Favors topic 7 Poor kids end up at worst schools in current system: Favors topic 7 Support a market in education to provide more choices: Strongly Favors topic 7 The state should stay out of education: Favors topic 7 Treat private school funding the same as public schools: Strongly Favors topic 7 Strongly Opposes topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (+5 points on Social scale) Enforce individual rights for land, water, air, and wildlife: Strongly Opposes topic 8 Government is the worst polluter: Opposes topic 8 The parties responsible for pollution should be held liable: Opposes topic 8 Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale) Support restitution; and maintain constitutional safeguards: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Three Strikes approach is illusory & dangerous: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Omnibus Crime Bill, including death penalty, has failed: Opposes topic 9 Encourage private efforts to fight crime: Opposes topic 9 Strengthen, not reduce, the rights of the accused: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) Affirm the right to keep and bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Repeal all gun control laws and regulation of weapons: Strongly Favors topic 10 Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale) Repeal the income tax and abolish the IRS: Strongly Opposes topic 11 No taxation or regulation of private property: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal all income taxes, & the 16th Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Strongly Favors topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+5 points on Social scale) Unrestricted political refugees; but restrict threats: Favors topic 12 Eliminate all restrictions on immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12 Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale) Remove governmental impediments to free trade: Strongly Favors topic 13 Reduce taxes, spending, and eliminate controls on trade: Favors topic 13 Abolish all trade barriers and agreements: Strongly Favors topic 13 Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale) End all foreign military and economic aid: Strongly Favors topic 14 No U.S. intervention in the affairs of other countries: Strongly Favors topic 14 Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale) End foreign military operations; shut down foreign bases: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Military should defend against aggression; not world police: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Reduce defense spending by half; just defend the US: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale) Oppose gerrymandering and restrictions on ballot access: Favors topic 16 Repeal laws which restrict voluntary financing of campaigns: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Strongly Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+5 points on Social scale) Eliminate intervention by US abroad: Strongly Favors topic 17 Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) Oppose government control of energy pricing and production: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Gale Norton is giant leap for environmental sense: Opposes topic 18 Strongly Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale) De-fund war on drugs, and end violent drug cartels: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Repeal all drug laws creating crimes without victims: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Allow drugs, alcohol, prostitution, gambling, and suicide: Strongly Opposes topic 19 The war on drugs threatens individual liberties: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale) Market allocates resources efficiently; government does not: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Free-market banking: unrestricted competition & no bailouts: Opposes topic 20

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Libertarian Party on the Issues

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Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and his running mate, Bill Weld, will sit down with anchor Chris Cuomo in this prime-time event on June 22. The town hall will take place at 9 p.m. ET from the Time Warner Center in New York City and air on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Espanol, while also being live-streamed via CNNgo.

Cuomo and voters will ask questions of Johnson and Weld at the town hall, similar to those posed to the Democratic and Republican candidates during the primaries. This will be the 11th town hall hosted by CNN during this presidential election cycle.

Johnson has said that their short-term goal is to meet the 15% threshold in national polls needed to make the national debates this fall. Given lingering antipathy toward Republican nominee Donald Trump from some GOP elites, the Johnson-Weld ticket could fare substantially better than most third-party bids typically do.

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CNN to host Libertarian ticket for town hall - CNNPolitics.com

Libertarianism is the belief that each person has the right to live his life as he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others. Libertarians defend each persons right to life, liberty, and property. In the libertarian view, voluntary agreement is the gold standard of human relationships. If there is no good reason to forbid something (a good reason being that it violates the rights of others), it should be allowed. Force should be reserved for prohibiting or punishing those who themselves use force, such as murderers, robbers, rapists, kidnappers, and defrauders (who practice a kind of theft). Most people live their own lives by that code of ethics. Libertarians believe that that code should be applied consistently, even to the actions of governments, which should be restricted to protecting people from violations of their rights. Governments should not use their powers to censor speech, conscript the young, prohibit voluntary exchanges, steal or redistribute property, or interfere in the lives of individuals who are otherwise minding their own business.

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Libertarianism | Cato Institute