Minarchism
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
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In one sentence
I want a minimal state, restricted to police, courts and defense, leaving everything else to the free market and private initiative.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Balanced
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Private
Economy
- Very strong · Free market
Control
- Very strong · Globalism
Trade
- Leaning · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Control
Leans further toward free market than 96% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 64This ideology 5
Of all the axes, Control is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Diplomacy
On Diplomacy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 46This ideology 45
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Frédéric Bastiat
A French economist, Bastiat defended free trade and limited government with clarity and irony, denouncing protectionism and what is not seen in economic policies, becoming a classic of liberal thought.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyRobert NozickPhilosopher99%
SociallyMurray RothbardEconomist99%
EconomicallySamuel Edward Konkin IIILibertarian theorist100%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeHal FinneyCryptographer97%
EconomicsMilton FriedmanEconomist97%
Intellectual lifeNathaniel BrandenObjectivist psychologist97%
EconomicsLudwig von MisesEconomist97%
PhilosophyMax MorePhilosopher96%
EconomicsGustave de MolinariPolitical economist96%
ActivismJohn McAfeeEntrepreneur and activist96%
Intellectual lifeLysander SpoonerJurist94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
New Hampshire (United States)
Libertarian-fiscal regionA small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
Other close countries
New Hampshire (United States)
Libertarian-fiscal regionA small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyZug (Switzerland)Crypto-fiscal region92%
SociallySão Paulo (Brazil)Industrial-financial region88%
EconomicallyMadrid (Spain)Liberal-conservative region94%
The most distant
Medieval Iceland (Commonwealth)
c. 930–1262A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyDutch Republic (United Provinces)1581–179577%
SociallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–192165%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199097%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Libertarian
Libertarianism
Philosophy that advocates maximum individual freedom and a state reduced to essential functions, valuing private property, free markets, and personal autonomy while rejecting state coercion over life.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
- Center
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
- Right
Capitalism
Economic system based on private property, free markets, and the pursuit of profit, in which production and prices are regulated by competition and supply and demand, with individual initiative as its engine.
The most distant ideology
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