Paleolibertarianism
Branch that combines radical free markets with traditional, conservative cultural values, defending economic freedom, property, and autonomous local communities against the state and progressivism.
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Branch that combines radical free markets with traditional, conservative cultural values, defending economic freedom, property, and autonomous local communities against the state and progressivism.
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I want radical free markets united with traditional values, with property and autonomous local communities against the state.
Political topics
Leans further toward federal than 98% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.

An American politician, Ron Paul popularized libertarianism in the United States, defending the minimal state, individual freedom, sound money, and a non-interventionist foreign policy against the establishment.
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The second-largest US state, Texas stands out for its conservatism, its culture of strong individual freedom, low taxation, and a dynamic market economy tied to energy and industry.
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The least populous U.S. state, Wyoming levies no state income or corporate tax, bases its economy on oil, gas, and mining, and combines a strong gun culture with deep distrust of the federal government.
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A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
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Current that rejects the state but preserves tradition, religion, and community values, defending a spontaneous social order based on customs, family, and natural authority instead of central political power.
Synthesis that unites free markets and a minimal state with the defense of tradition, family, and order, valuing individual freedom and personal responsibility alongside the preservation of customs and institutions.
Syncretic doctrine that proposes the abolition of the state while retaining a traditional monarch without coercive power, serving as a symbol of unity, voluntary arbiter, and guardian of order against tyranny.
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Tradition of republics made of sovereign provinces or cantons, such as the Dutch Republic and the old Swiss Confederacy, with local self-government, open trade, armed neutrality and deep-rooted Protestant faith.
Republican tradition that idealizes the small landowning farmer as the basis of civic virtue and liberty, advocating wide distribution of land, limited and decentralized government, and distrust of banks, public debt, industry and large cities.
American conservative current associated with Ronald Reagan. It combines lower taxes and a smaller federal economic role with free enterprise, traditional religious values, anticommunism and military strength.
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