A blend of Thoreau’s anti‑statism and classical
liberal economics, emphasising absolute individual sovereignty, private property (especially
land), and the rejection of taxation and regulation. Thoreauvian libertarians invoke Civil Disobedience to justify refusing to pay taxes, licensing fees, or military service. They value voluntary association, homesteading, and the
right to secede from society. Unlike mainstream libertarians, they tend to be environmentalists (nature is the ultimate property
right) and sceptical of corporations, which they see as artificial state‑created entities.
Example: “He lived in a yurt, earned
Bitcoin coding, and
never filed a tax return—Thoreauvian libertarianism: your life, your land, your consequences, and no one else’s
business.”