libertarianism

The Internet has long been a playground for politics, and libertarianism is a growing area of interest in that playground. Websites like Libertarian Logic and CATO provide discussion of a range of topics in the political arena, all from the standpoint of libertarianism.

From a general perspective, libertarianism is a philosophy that is well aligned with the principles that founded America, as embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Ideals such as individual freedom, free enterprise, limited government, civil rights, and justice are hallmarks of libertarianism.

Libertarianism supports the idea that individuals have a natural right to make their own decisions about how they live their lives, so long as their actions don't unreasonably harm or interfere with others that have the same right. It suggests that matters of a private and commercial nature can be settled through voluntary contracts and the marketplace - government need only protect against force and fraud. It also supports the idea that government should serve limited functions such as providing roads, a monetary system, common defense and a system of justice - things that individuals either can't do or can't do as well as organized government.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “libertarianism”

• Restricting Speech: Governments Censor, Companies Annoy

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 586
  buck buck buck Flock Fox Dr. Fox buck Lucky lucky buck buck buck buck Flock! Lucky you! thought you! thought this stupid program! talking a! mother Fokker! should ship ship ships shipped! In case you were wondering, that’s me trying to swear using Nuance Communications’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking , the ...
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• Government invents “rights,” forces you to engage in them

  
  Orange Punch — Authority: 140
  Here’s a radical concept: government’s only legitimate excuse for existence is to protect the G0d-given rights of its people. Notice anything about that universal truth today? Yeah, government not only exists today to create rights for its people, government increasing exists to force people to engage ...
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• “Rules for Conservatives” Inspired by Doug Hoffman

  
  American Conservative News Politics & Opinion - The Land of the Free — Authority: 439
  When Dede Scozzafava outed herself, and all Republican moderates and RINO’s for what they truly are — Democrats, she unwittingly gave millions of frustrated conservatives, both outside and inside the Republican Party, an opening they have long been waiting for.
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• Between libertarians and moderates

  
  Libertarian Blog — Authority: 140
  To add to my previous posts talking about the present political designations and the relationships between them, there is an uneasy kinship between moderates and libertarians, especially if you look at moderates, as I do, as a form of liberalism -- or perhaps a combination of conservative wallet and liberal heart. ...
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• Ron Paul Votes Against Free Markets and Free Enterprise

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 476
  Republicans of a certain economic libertarian stripe fondly sing the praises of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. They say he is the only politician who really, truly understands freedom and the need for free markets and free enterprise. They like to say that if Ron Paul were elected president, America would once again [...]
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• Last Night’s Message to the GOP and the Democrats

  
  American Conservative News Politics & Opinion - The Land of the Free — Authority: 439
  Dan Gilgoff, at U. S. News & World Report, posed the right question yesterday before the election returns came in. He asked, “Will Today’s Election Results Herald a Christian Right Comeback?” “Christian Right” doesn’t really describe the religious conservative coalition made up of Catholics, ...
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• Libertarianism, Philosophically Speaking

  
  Boatang & Demetriou — Authority: 496
  Oh yes, a big old title for a Sunday to be sure, but what the hell.Some may have watched a documentary on BBC2 last night about life behind the Berlin Wall and the efforts and counter-efforts of those therein. It was the usual story of man talks about freedom gets spied on by friend goes on march knocks wall down gets ...
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• Reason.tv’s Interviews on Ayn Rand

  
  Daily Uprising — Authority: 473
  Click here to view the embedded video. Rand-O-Rama: The Long Shelf Life of Ayn Rand’s Legacy Click here to view the embedded video. Goddess of the Market Author Jennifer Burns on Ayn Rand Click here to view the embedded video. Reason Foundation Co-Founder Tibor Machan on Ayn Rand Click here to view ...
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• Tibor’s Thoughts

  
  tomgpalmer.com — Authority: 426
  My long-time friend Tibor Machan with “Thoughts on Objectivism and Ayn Rand” from London. laconf09, Tibor Machan: “Thoughts on Objectivism and Ayn Rand” from Sean Gabb on Vimeo .
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• Chinese and Vietnamese Voices of Liberty

  
  tomgpalmer.com — Authority: 426
  www.Guominliyi.org DoiMoi.org (I hope you like the small video on DoiMoi.org of my friend Sascha Tamm, which I made with my flip camera in the Steinbräu brewery and pub in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.)
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• Peter Schiff, John Stossel, Ron Paul, Rand Paul on Glenn Beck w/ The Judge

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 536
  Earlier today Judge Andrew Napolitano was the guest host on the Glenn Beck show. Four liberty-loving guests appeared on the show with the Judge. Peter Schiff, John Stossel, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul all appeared. When the Judge hosts Beck’s show it almost turns into an episode of Freedom Watch. If you don’t know ...
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• Might be interesting…

  
  tomgpalmer.com — Authority: 426
  My talk to the Oxford University Libertarian Society on “Anarchism, Limited Government, and Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State”: Tom Palmer – “Anarchism, Limited Government & Liberalism: A Modest Case for Sacking the State” from oxford libertarian on Vimeo . (I had not had a chance ...
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• Embracing One’s Meandering Cat

  
  Liberal Values — Authority: 141
  I initially wasn’t going to bother responding to David Brooks ‘ column today–until I read Pete Abel’ s response. Brooks, perhaps thinking being a New York Times columnist gives him the authority,  presumes to understand the thoughts of all independents.  In the end he uses what he claims to be the views ...
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  Bildungblog — Authority: 154
  If Howard Roark were to enunciate the most important lesson he learned in life, it would be that Capitalism is Ayn Rands pudendum systematized.
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• The Life and Impact of Ayn Rand

  
  Free Libertarian — Authority: 413
  Last month the Cato Institute hosted a forum to discuss the life and work of Ayn Rand. The event involved brief lectures by Anne Heller and Jennifer Burns who authored two books on Ms. Rands life and work and were followed by book signings. You can view the event in its entirety below.
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• The Evil of Leon Trotsky Revisited

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 766
  Two of Leon Trotsky’s best-known quotes are his statement that “Where the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation” (made famous, especially among libertarians, in part because it was quoted by Hayek in The Road to Serfdom ), and the very next sentence in the same paragraph: ...
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• Tibor on Ayn Rand

  
  Orange Punch — Authority: 140
  Here’s a video of Freedom Communications adviser and Chapman prof. ( and old, old friend) Tibor Machan on Ayn Rand, Post from: Orange Punch
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• Finnishing What the Finns Started: EU to Adopt a “Right” to Broadband

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 586
  IDG News reports that the European Parliament has negotiated a telecom bill that “now contains a new Internet freedom provision that states that access to the Internet is a human right of every E.U. citizen, and that if authorities take away that right people must have the opportunity to defend themselves.” If ...
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• Welcome to Libertarianism

  
  Cerebrate's Contemplations — Authority: 133
  Deplorable although the results of the gay marriage vote in Maine are, per se , it is nevertheless refreshing to observe the outpouring of outrage at the general concept of putting peoples rights up for a popular vote. (The idea of anything at all being too sacred to put up for a vote seeming to have become such a ...
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• A LESBIAN ON BLOGCATALOG

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 128
  A lesbian over on BlogCatalog started a discussion entitled, "Gays & Lesbians of Faith," as a device for attracting homosexuals of all "faiths" to participate in a documentary film shes planned. It garnered some questions about homosexuality in general. I left a second comment there that follows and that is ...
  6 days ago

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