Anarchy and Libertarianism

Anarchy and Libertarianism

Some may say that I haven’t described Liberalism at all but Anarchy. Well at the extreme left of Liberalism resides Anarchy, the belief that people should not only be autonomist individuals but that it is the only moral way to live. On the other extreme of Liberalism is Libertarianism, the belief that people should not only be autonomist individuals but that it is the only moral way to live. 

There are two major differences between the two. 

Firstly, Anarchists belief that at heart people are good and that Government and Churches and the like make them bad, Libertarians say that’s rubbish people are at heart bad because they want your stuff and will do anything to get it. They also say Institutions shouldn’t exist because they want your stuff and your stuff is your stuff and true Libertarians don’t share their stuff. 

Secondly they bitterly disagree about whether you can own stuff, Libertarians say absolutely and Anarchists mostly say absolutely not, owning stuff is pretty much evil. But they are both Liberal philosophy’s and in a truly Liberal world it would be these two beliefs that would be fighting it out for supremacy.


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