Libertarianism
Philosophy that advocates maximum individual freedom and a state reduced to essential functions, valuing private property, free markets, and personal autonomy while rejecting state coercion over life.
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In one sentence
I want a society of maximum personal autonomy, with the state reduced to essential functions and private property above any coercion.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Very strong · Private
Economy
- Very strong · Free market
Free market
- Leaning · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Free market
Leans further toward free market than 99% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 5
Of all the topics, Free market is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Religion
On Religion, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 71
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Robert Nozick
An American philosopher, Nozick defended libertarianism and the minimal state in Anarchy, State, and Utopia, arguing that only the protection of individual rights justifies the existence of state power.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyDavid FriedmanEconomist and anarcho-capitalist theorist99%
SociallyJohn McAfeeEntrepreneur and activist98%
EconomicallyGustave de MolinariPolitical economist100%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeLysander SpoonerJurist99%
EconomicsMurray RothbardEconomist98%
ActivismRaphaël LimaPolitical Activist and Communicator98%
PhilosophyMax MorePhilosopher98%
Political theorySatoshi NakamotoCreator of Bitcoin98%
Intellectual lifeHal FinneyCryptographer97%
Political theorySamuel Edward Konkin IIILibertarian theorist97%
BusinessJosiah WarrenInventor, Manufacturer, and Anarchist Philosopher97%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
New Hampshire (United States)
Libertarian-fiscal regionA small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
Other close countries
New Hampshire (United States)
Libertarian-fiscal regionA small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyZug (Switzerland)Crypto-fiscal region87%
SociallyNevada (United States)Market-and-gaming region88%
EconomicallyWyoming (United States)Libertarian-extractive region94%
The most distant
Free Territory (Makhnovshchina)
1918–1921During the Russian Revolution, Makhno's Free Territory was an anarchist experiment in Ukraine, with self-managed peasant communes and popular militias that rejected both the White state and Bolshevik power.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193974%
SociallyParis CommuneMarch–May 187167%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199096%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Libertarian
- Libertarian
Anarcho-Capitalism
Current that proposes abolishing the state and organizing all of society through contracts and free markets, with security, justice, and services provided by competing private companies under absolute property rights.
- Libertarian
Classical Liberalism
Original branch of liberalism that defends natural rights, property, free markets, and a minimal state, seeing individual freedom and the strict limitation of power as the foundations of a just society.
- Libertarian
Minarchism
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
- Right
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
- Anarchist
Egoist Anarchism
Current founded by Max Stirner in The Ego and Its Own (1844), which rejects the state, morality, religion and rights as spooks and proposes voluntary unions of egoists who associate only while it serves them.
The most distant ideology
Fourth Political TheoryThird Position25%