libertarian

A libertarian is someone who believes wholeheartedly in the rights and freedoms of all people, so long as those rights and freedoms don't cost the libertarian a dime or inconvenience him in any way.

Get your crippo ass up those stairs yourself, cos my tax dollars ain't paying for no ramp. I'm a libertarian.

by Barry Convex December 28, 2006

libertarian

Traditionally used to differentiate coercive Statist forms (authoritarian) of socialism from cooperative anarchist forms (libertarian). Adopted by the right-wing in the early 1900s to describe an extremist capitalist philosophy, who now try claim to have exclusive use of the term and ignore its roots.

While the real libertarians try to destroy all forms of domination, control and power, the other libertarians are plotting how to get it.

by Agent Zero September 28, 2003

Libertarian

Libertarians support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence.

Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties.

by Dancing with Fire January 4, 2013

Libertarian

Someone who believes in individual liberty as a political principle. Libertarians want a small government that focuses on protecting individual rights and little else. They believe the government should have no role in social matters (gay marriage, for example) and business matters (regulations on businesses such as licensing and minimum wage laws). They want fewer wars and less political corruption, and a greatly reduced welfare state. They believe that this arrangement is both moral (because individual rights are paramount) and practical (because free markets lead to more diversity and wealth).

Penn Gilette and Drew Carey are libertarians.

by FreeAfter20 November 2, 2017

Internet Libertarian

A highly developed political philosophy who does not confuse emotional solutions with rational solutions.

Internet Liberal: "I hate the Patriot Act, so I want to invest more power in the government to tax people and get money to fund the Patriot Act."

Internet Libertarian: "What?"

by JohnnyLightwave May 29, 2011

Libertarianism

To put it bluntly, a political theory for people who don't have the balls to admit they are anarchists.

Libertarianism is to Anarchism as Agnosticism is to Atheism.

Random libertarian: No, I'm no anarchist. I just don't believe government should interfere with my live at all. That's all... honest...

by Bearer of bad news June 12, 2010

libertarianism

The political philosophy of the Founding Fathers. The original philosophy of the Republican Party which has somehow morphed into the abomination it is today. Small government, free trade. Pretty much everything the Republican Party would like you to believe they are but aren't.

Ron Paul is a libertarian, but since the libertarian party can't get enough momentum, he tried to run as a republican. But since modern day neo-conservatives are too stupid to see the libertarianism America came from he did not become president.

by shknerth August 7, 2010