IDEOLOGY PROFILE / LIBERTARIANISM

Minarchism.

Holds that the state should be limited chiefly to protecting rights, enforcing contracts, and providing security.

Libertarianism

AT A GLANCE

Defining principles

01Minimal rights-protecting state

02Voluntary exchange

These are broad descriptions of an intellectual tradition. Individual adherents, historical organizations, and governments may differ.

THE PROFILE

How this tradition is modeled

Our model scores positions on independent dimensions. A dimension omitted here is not treated as a neutral belief; it simply isn’t a defining part of this profile.

You Minarchism

Political economy

Private property100

Market exchange100

Economic planning0

Redistribution3

State ownership0

Institutions

Political pluralism93

Centralization5

Civil liberties100

Local autonomy90

Scale: 0–100 within each dimension. Bars show relative positioning, not strength of conviction. Unanswered dimensions are omitted.

YOUR PROFILE

You and this tradition

similarity

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THE DISTINCTIONS

Compare with another ideology

Minarchismvs.

Advocates strong private property rights, voluntary markets, and a very limited state.

Redistribution

Minarchism 3Right-Libertarianism 0

Centralization

Minarchism 5Right-Libertarianism 3

Local autonomy

Minarchism 90Right-Libertarianism 93

Private property

Minarchism 100Right-Libertarianism 100

Market exchange

Minarchism 100Right-Libertarianism 100

Numbers indicate model positions on a 0–100 scale, not a moral ranking or measure of certainty.