Most of what I’ve seen sounds like Libertarians are actually anarchists who’ve been misinformed by the dominant culture about what anarchism really is.

What would you say is the reason you identify with libertarianism over anarchism?

  • @[email protected]
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    311 months ago

    I thought Libertarian was just an American thing for people who don’t like the Republican candidate but don’t want anyone messing with gun or equality laws.

    • @user75736572
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      611 months ago

      Ther’s non American libertarians but I think they’re more common in the US

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        311 months ago

        It’s definitely more common in the US than elsewhere. Here in Spain where I live there is a Libertarian party but they are sort of a joke, more of a social club than anything else.

        I think it’s because the US is essentially the only extant country that was explicitly founded on the principles of individual liberty and that element of our culture still runs deep more than two centuries later. We’ll see how much longer it survives but for the moment there is still a strong element of it in US culture.

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          110 months ago

          Well, to be fair, the Libertarian Party in the US is kind of a joke. We can’t seem to put any kind of serious candidate forward for president.