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An American jurist and anarchist, Spooner championed natural law and the free market, questioned the legitimacy of the Constitution and the state, and challenged public monopolies, influencing libertarianism.
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Lysander Spooner leans further toward federal than 99% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where Lysander Spooner stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Lysander Spooner sits practically at the catalog median.
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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.
Synthesis of libertarianism and Georgism that combines free markets and individual freedoms with the taxation of land value, seen as a common resource, to fund the minimal state without punishing labor.
Current that proposes abolishing the state and organizing all of society through contracts and free markets, with security, justice, and services provided by competing private companies under absolute property rights.
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Clerical FascismThird Position22%
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