Brave New World

Libertarianism is an abstract politcal concept, not an actual party or party line. 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. You could describe a party as Libertarian, however. A Libertarian party would hold the common belief that an individual should be as free to run their own life as possible. Obviously in modern times you do not get pure Libertarian parties because in essence they support the idea that we do not need political parties to be governed.

Libertarians support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. Libertarianism does not work in theory, because it is not backed by empirical practice, it eschews any responsibility for any of its failures, on all subjects, circumstances, and under all conditions. Libertarians want the least amount of government interference in their lives as possible. They want you, the people, to make decisions based on your personal interests, not government's interest.

I've never felt I had to pick a political party to align myself with and owe them some kind of allegiance. My friends and family have voted for, campaigned for, and worked for different parties, always basing it on the candidate. It mystifies me how so many people can defend every element in their party's platform when that platform was constructed in an arbitrary manner. My views generally encompasses about half the positions from each of the two major parties with maybe a smidge of the Libertarian. I also take many character issues into account and I believe in doing some deep researching, interviewing, asking, etc about a party even if it's asking another person's view on that party. Remember that as a citizens we need to vote, and when we vote put America before any political party and we will do okay.