Political view
Libertarianism
Maximizes personal and economic freedom and shrinks government to a minimum.
Associated with: Ayn Rand, Murray Rothbard, Robert Nozick.
Libertarianism sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and strongly tech-optimist on technology.
Where libertarianism sits on eight dimensions
This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.
💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
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Leaders from history who fit
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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions.