What is a Libertarian?

[@RevoltBlackOps]

You were mostly on point but libertarians do believe in taxes to fund a limited government which acts soley to defend the liberties of all peoples. And also, libertarians do believe in anti-pollution acts/taxes that for example pollutes the property of others; polluting a lake wherein a a small village makes its living fishing ought not to go unpunished. Thirdly libertarians are very divided when it comes to abortion - the one camp, the larger camp I would say, defends the womans right to abort her fetus because they see the fetus as merely an "extension" of the woman, thus the woman can do whatever she wants with it. The other camp sees the fetus as an individual with a right to its own life and therefor woman cannot have it exterminated, aborted, as she pleases.

[@ManTheManLV255]

I see this is 4 years old but I just wanted to say this comment is pretty on point and where I find myself on the political spectrum.

[@diogenesdacynic8656]

Youre talking about a minarchist. (Minimal anarchist) there are also anarcho capitalists who believe government should be totally abolished. And probably others. Still learning about this myself...

[@evingrost2749]

I love how unbiased this is. Libertarians get attacked a lot for their views. Many people try to explain the philosophy without really understanding it, and often times inadvertently (or purposely) insult the movement as a result. This was a good description of the ideology without being biased, offensive, or praising it. Just raw information. Loved the video, subscribed.

[@hiphughes]

+Evin Grost Always thankful for new subs!

[@Common_Criminal]

+Evin Grost Same here. I likewise subscribed. It's nice to see someone speak un-hysterically about differing ideologies eh?

[@Ken19700]

I know this is an old comment but he's portraying all libertarians as anarchists which simply isn't true, and that look at 6:18 is pure contempt which means he thinks that what he's saying is complete bullshit.

[@shodate6324]

by the thub nail i knew it would be more about right Libertarians

[@maxabramson4781]

Why should you be forced to buy services from the political good ol' boy network at 2-5 times what it would cost to buy the same services privately? Why should you be forced to live your life but only within the confines of what's viewed as acceptable to politicians? Why should peaceful people be imprisoned, bombed, forced out of work, forced off their land, or otherwise have their lives ruined when they haven't done anything to anyone else?

[@naudious4416]

Gary Johnson was governor of New Mexico, not Arizona. And Ayn Rand went out of her way to say she wasn't "Libertarian" (for all intents and purposes she was, but she wanted to be associated with Objectivism, which includes more than politics). Libertarian ideology traces through John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Frederic Bastiat, John Stuart Mil, Ludwig von Mises, FA Hayek and Milton Friedman. l

[@goodfella9807]

Rest in peace uncle Millie

[@thebestofallworlds187]

Yeah, she had a lot of bad stuff to say about libertarians.

[@lachlan1971]

I thought it was a person you borrowed books from....

[@jonathanabuthan1373]

+Lachlan Hamilton your comment killed me. hahaha

[@mecca777]

.....savage lmao

[@amyllari5274]

Comedy gold

[@VictoriaSobocki]

Hahahaha

[@Propofol001]

Libertarian here , and honestly this was funny as balls 🤣

[@rdskn4eva]

I always say Libertarians are fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I think that's an easy way to view it.

[@NicholasYarde]

correct I am Identify as a social libertarian

[@SC-qp8xn]

Don't forget that there are also leftwing libertarians.

[@EnergyKnife]

I think it's safer to say that they are fiscally and socially liberal in the classical sense. This encourages the view that they are more ideologically consistent

[@gringoamigo8146]

And it's also beyond belief stupid. The two conflicts with each other. Do I really need to expand on that or can you think about it?

[@Jpeazify]

or that they favor liberty economically and socially

[@isaacsmith3998]

The government class at my high school leans so far right that sometimes I don't know if I'm being fed opinion or actual information when it comes to political parties and ideals. On the other hand, if I go to the internet for information, its usually slanted in the opposite direction. Your unbiased videos really help me to understand my country and form my own opinions about it. Thank you! I'm subscribing.

[@Ripskiis]

I got left/libertarian in the quiz. Although I've always thought if myself as a conservative Republican. The reason is because I answered honestly instead of what has been trained into my head living in the south all my life and surrounded by "alpha male" "king of the castle" "man of the house" type of guys. I'm slowly untraining all that stuff and I have to say its freeing as hell! 😅

[@Ripskiis]

@@lauralily8427 thank you 👍🏻

[@thomasjefferson6451]

Good for you! Way to educate yourself

[@Ripskiis]

@@thomasjefferson6451 thank you

[@Ripskiis]

@Jordan Cazz I don't go in fully really, I'm more libertarian than I was raised to be. I believe the United States should be a land truly free, gay, starlight, trans, bisexual, whatever ...you should be entitled to that "pursuit of happiness" no matter what you belive or where you came from or whatever. If that were the case then the USA truly would be the greatest place to ever exist on earth. The problem is it isn't, but it is SUPPOSED to be. I'm a full blood patriot, but we have to recognize what the United States is supposed to be and not just what we want it to be, because we were never exposed to other cultures.

[@runemesa]

This guy is great. It's like getting taught by a healthier-looking Tom Arnold and a much more-entertaining Robert Wuhl.

[@hiphughes]

+runemesa And I didn't even have to sleep with RoseAnne!

[@collinshaw287]

Don't even pretend like you wouldn't

[@TheOne-xu5oy]

LMAO!! you're right he does look like Tom Arnold.

[@1Charioteer]

Lol. I thought it was Tom at first glance.

[@spankylmao3762]

I think you’re gay, bro

[@brianajones7362]

the lack of bias is so relieving! Thank you so much for this informative video.....now I'm going to go through your play list and binge watch 😉

[@kazearaki853]

+Briana Jones The video is rubbish.

[@brianajones7362]

Why do you say that?

[@kazearaki853]

+Briana Jones His understanding of Libertarianism stems out from the like of Rothbard who perverted the term into a form of extreme right wing capitalism (circa 1970s). Not once in this rubbish video that the bias author explains the origin, growth and presence of real Libertarianism in Europe and in America. You have to look for other sources for a more complete understanding of the origin of the word and its usage.

[@kazearaki853]

+Briana Jones I recommend this short introductory from Noam Chomsky; /watch?v=RxPUvQZ3rcQ

[@YHLGguitargeek]

Libertarians would also like to dealign democrats who believe in social freedom but also have a basic understanding of economics.

[@gpecaut1]

Please give some examples of social freedom that the Democrats have fought for. A woman can get an abortion in any State, but Democrats think YOU should pay for it. Democrats don't want to get our troops out of the Middle East, and again, YOU should pay for it. Democrats want "Hate speech laws', where is the Right of freedom of speech, in that? Add other non Libertarian ideas such as Spreading the wealth. Regulating businesses, building codes, OSHA, EPA (yes I know, Nixon created that one). Libertarianism is about personal Liberty, not Government hand outs, or Government control. It is closer to anarchy than our Government today. But it is very close to what our Founding Documents tried to create. Libertarianism is closest to Constitutional Conservatism than to today's Government. I feel our biggest problem is that we have allowed the Constitution to be bastardized, and today live in a Post Constitutional Nation. Our Government was supposed to be SMALL. It was supposed to have it's power constrained by the Constitution. The State is where the most power was to come from. Individual States uniting for the purposes of trade, defense, and a coming together to support each other on common ground. Nowhere does the Constitution give power to a National Government to regulate businesses, be involved in marriage, set quotas for employers, pay for education, restrict speech, or mandate the purchase of any product. Yet it does! And worse, 1; we accept it, and 2; Too many call for more National control, more regulation, and more "freebies". We are supposed to be a Federation, not under a National Government. We are a Republic, not a Democracy And our citizenry knows less about our Nation than any immigrant needs to know to pass the emigration test. The knowledge that most have of Civics here will lead us into a more fascistic, tyrannical government.

[@tylerdonhardt7031]

I think the GOP swinging for the Libertarian vote would greatly help their chances in their current crisis.

[@sixwingproductions]

can people stop confusing libertarianism with anarcho-capitalism. please

[@SC-qp8xn]

People always forget about leftwing libertarians as well.

[@philiplounsbury4130]

Yea I've been accused of being a alt right person because I'm libertarian

[@taylordavison6849]

Yeah, no. "Libertarian" is a prefix, not a political stance. You only call yourselves libertarians because, from a PR standpoint, it's better than saying that you're an anarchist. Plus, the ideas you espouse seem to suggest that you're an anarchist. Just own what you are.

[@tjalvy4106]

Taylor Davison I’m not libertarian but even I know that’s not true

[@taylordavison6849]

@@tjalvy4106 The Political Compass begs to differ.

[@multiverse7797]

I do not think Obama would be down on that scale. I can believe you think that. He continued Bush policies. Obama in my opinion would be upper-left mirrored to Bush.

[@stonedaurelius6496]

+Multi Verse obama is just bush lite :)

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

yeah You cannot be considered a social Libertarian if you do not agree in the individual's right to bear arms, for the simple reason that Firearms are the best way to exercise your natural right to defend yourself, and of course to protect yourself from Tyranny.

[@kadusa1dl37]

Agree

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Two people could be ideologically similar if they were close to the center of the axis, meaning someone in the “libertarian left” quadrant could be similar to someone in the “authoritarian right” quadrant if they were in the corners adjacent to one another in the middle of the graph.

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Then again, every graph that attempts to chart political ideology is based on a lie. The truth is that it’s impossible to graph ideology in such a simplistic manner. For example, the farther you get from the farthest corners on this graph, the greater the risk you have of two people disagreeing with one another, despite being placed on the exact same point on the graph. This is because two people could both disagree with the “libertarian left” on the same number of issues as you, just not on the exact same issues as you. They’d be in the same point on the graph as you, but you could disagree with them more than someone in the farthest corner. Another example, say you agreed with everything on the “libertarian left” except for abortion and immigration, and another person agreed with everything on the “libertarian left” except for same sex marriage and marijuana legalization. You’d agree more with the purely “libertarian left” than you’d agree with this other person, even though this other person shares the exact same point on the graph as you. The farther you get from the farthest corner, the greater the potential difference between yourself and another person in the exact same point on the graph as you.

[@DoomshopMF312]

Moralistically completely liberal, economically conservative. Anyone else in the same boat as me here?

[@allizappamcminn4376]

Jeremy classical liberal.which,is not in the left-wing.just wanna point that out :)

[@allizappamcminn4376]

John Locke's views basically.

[@elgrigorio1]

Hell I'm rowing!

[@gpecaut1]

Modern liberalism has no "morals" so you must mean "Classical" Liberal. As in for Liberty. Not NeoLiberalism, which says that morals change with the ages, and are determined by the present time popularity at the moment. So since "morals" are supposed to be 1; religious or culturally based 2; A standard that is non-changing 3; Time proven You can't really have a modern liberal code of morals.

[@Michael.S.Ryan.]

Libertarians are the only smart ones we're the only ones with imperical evidence as to what works. The biggest growths in the world and governments were due to libertarian principles. As long as you are not hurting anyone else or impeding on the their personal property rights you should be free to do as you wish with your money and your life. There is plenty of opportunity in the world and most of the social and economic opportunity today is limited by the government policies that were put in place to bridge the gap. I forget who it was but there's a great quote that progressive liberals don't understand in relation to big government "When laws are put in place to limit or expand the economy, the first thing to be bought and sold are regulators(or lawmakers))" something that can be tried and true.

[@Michael.S.Ryan.]

So #1 the best evidence I have to offer is the United States and how it had unprecedented and uncomparable growth to any other time in the history of the worl, and that it was since it has been founded on Individual rights and limited government. Also all of the advancments of the world and technology that we have because of Free Markets and free trade... Second if you look at any unregulated industry the prices go down and quality goes up. Where as highly regulated or liscensed idustry or the quality goes down and the price goes up. Third Libertarians are against the use of Force, which is something that it seems like the founding fathers were against to. I´m not saying you can´t do this to people that they don´t want etc I´m just saying you can´t make them do things they don´t want by force. So slavery by a libertarian standard is the use of force. Slavery would be illegal it would be one person taking away the personal property rights of one person over their body by using it forcably. Fourth what you said about money your money yea we use a U.S. currencey but it doesn´t have to be that way. All money really is is a measure of value, so instead of trading 3 bricks of cheese for three bricks of butter we use the currency and set prices. Your money is only a measure of what you´ve contriubted, and it is only you´re property. Legally in the United States we can only use dollars so that what we use, whether thats right or not and giving the government power to devalue your work and labor through bad policies and spending is something that is very debate-able imo. And then last, about sweatshops, those sweatshops are what got america and people out of poverty and gave us the conditions we have to live today, people did it because that was their best option, if they weren´t working in a sweatshop they would have been starving on the street, and the whole libertarian point is that who are you to tell them that they have to starve on the street by limiting where and who they can work for. Liberal policies like minimum wage, health care don´t create jobs they kill them. Libs don´t understand that busniness owners don´t hire people unless they can pay them what they are worth, so if you have to pay somebody who´s only worth x dollars y dollars then they won´t have a job. It´s really simple if you just even take a look at history and then have some commonsense. The only laws we´re for are the ones that give you the freedom to chose.

[@Michael.S.Ryan.]

Ai ai after your second statement its easy to tell you don't know economics, second its obvious you didn't watch the videos I shared. But free market s are the way to go, where there is free markets and free trade there is less poverty, less worker exploitation, and not only in the sense that it is free, wealth and work creates more wealth and work. You are stuck in the liberal way of thinking that the market is a zero sum game, for one to win the other has to lose, when in fact its the opposite, the market works like this and because of this, so let's take this example I've heard. I make 20lbs of butter and 10lbs of cheese in a day if I do both and you 20lbs of cheese and only 10lbs of butter, but if I chose to only make butter and you choose to only make cheese we can each make 40lbs a day of butter and cheese, so if we were smart we would do that and trade. That's all free trade and the economy is. Anything else is just bs. And money is a measure of value. You pay 1 dollar for a cheeseburger because it is worth 1 dollar rather than trading a snickers for it. So it let's that person who received the 1 dollar he spent on the cheeseburger spend it on something else valued at 1 dollar. The same thing goes for work. If your doing a job that people are only willing to pay x for then people who must get for that job won't have a job. Study some econ and them come talk to me plz. Your just full of fallacies sorry bro. Oh wait one last thing the most democratic thing you can have is a free market, if you don't like a job someone is doing then you can vote with your dollars not to buy that product. And I'm not for a democracy for a democracy in the sense of dictatorship of the majority, I'm for democracy with limits on government. Three men and a woman where its a 3-1 vote of the men to have sex with her is still democratic. I'm for the democracy that doesn't allow for that thing to be voted and protects personal freedom. If your not for that, then I'm sorry you don't deserve it. Countries with the most regulation and voters voting to take money away from the ones with the most money are the ones in the most poverty. In a free market you only make money by making good things atat a good price. So yes freedom son.

[@Michael.S.Ryan.]

Ok so you really are clueless man, the laws of the constitution were to enable freedom and limit government. So that the rape complex that I said cant happen if 51% chose to take the money of the 49% that is still technically democratic, becaus rule of the majority. We libertarians atleast most of us believe there is a role in government and for governent. But the government is bad when it comes to the economy it doesn´t get the same signs as the free market, government historically with lots of power becomes bloated and corrupt and leads to poverty and slums and all of what your saying. I live in a country that is a byproduct of exactly that. There is so much work to do here so many things that the people want but the government collects 50% or more of the gdp in taxes and has so many regulations on businesses that people can´t work can´t trade and can´t create jobs. Libertarians just say there is plenty for everyone if the Government just gets out of the way. And if you look at the places with the most free markets today and in history they are the ones that have the most growth and least poverty.

[@Michael.S.Ryan.]

Mandated Healthcare, Drug laws, Work regulation laws, Laws that prohibit people opening business. There a tons. You also take for granted that laws are always moral. In nazi Germany it was unlawful to be a jew. As far as free markets go we live in societies with free markets today and the societies and places in the past with more freedom in the economy and less government regulation are the ones that are more successful, look at hong kong, dubai. The United States and Britain during the Industrial Revolution. I mean I don´t think you even know what a free market is. It doens´t mean no government it just means other than property right protection the government doesn´t intervine in the economy. It lets people trade freely, and when people trade freely they only make mutaly beneficial trades or atleast the best trade they can make. That´s all free market is.

[@Michael.S.Ryan.]

So your an idiot.

[@DrPhilipJarrett]

3:10 should read the text at the end. Obama is [rightly] on the upper right, near Romney.

[@goldsmith1210]

Gary Johnson was the Governor of New Mexico, not Arizona.

[@jakerane1511]

Dude you’re a great teacher! Never lost interest throughout the entire video! Good job!

[@shirobara95]

There is a difference between Obama and Bush? They both seem authoritarian right to me.

[@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax]

Bush is white, Obama is black

[@SliC3oFicE]

Bahama Lynn Sawdin Too bad the policies they both enacted aren't as... *sunglasses* black and white.... YEEEEAAAAAAHHHH

[@ethanosborne8487]

he was saying that bc it’s the basics

[@leeadickes7235]

Libertarians are usually strict constitutionalist.

[@michaelmcconnell3294]

I've been a libertarian since 1982

[@bayleej6904]

I really appreciate all of your videos; you do a great job of explaining ideas and concepts in a non-biased manner.

[@KrabtasticMaryland]

That was a pretty fair assessment. I've dealigned from the GOP over the past year or so and switched to Independent. I came to realize that I'd always been a Libertarian but had followed my mom when I came of voting age. I'm still socially conservative (pro life for the baby's liberty etc) but respect those that feel differently by not pushing the govt to get in their business. I don't agree with gay marriage but gay marriage is really none of my business and I agree even less with the govt getting in the middle of what consenting adults do with their lives/relationships. In other words, the govt has no business in the marriage business lol. That's between them and their God. I just wish the voters would stop asking the govt to fix things. Have they ever shown us they've been good at fixing anything? I hope that made some kind of sense lol. ;)

[@matthewpham528]

That would make you a Ron Paul style libertarian

[@Anonymous4045]

7 years old, but I agree with this quite a lot. I think you can do whatever you want, as long as it doesn't hurt my rights, and vice versa. I'm not saying I agree with any of the choices you make, and will not back you up/cheer you on for doing what you want to do. I do however believe that God made everyone equal and gave everyone free will. The government, therefore, should not restrict that God-given free will, unless it directly impacts the rights of others. The government should only uphold the rights of the people, e.g. law enforcement, first responders, a legal system, and other things that a society needs to not fall into chaos. Other than that, we can figure life out without the government holding our hand.

[@tomjohnson3516]

Gary Johnson was gov of NM, not AZ

[@jiujiu]

Can we be Facists for just a little while and force everyone to watch all these videos? We can go back to normal right after that. Please?

[@macvena]

No.

[@edgeofforever7720]

That's almost how the government works.... Also I like how we are being Democratic about switching to facist. I vote impartial.

[@mattheweraci5502]

I hate authority! Spend what you want and do what you want!

[@rcpeck29]

Excellent description of Libertarianism, Keith. Thank you mucho! Keep up the great work you do.

[@hiphughes]

Thnaks Ron and thanks for your support. Looking forward to Skyping with your class.

[@kazearaki853]

Keith Hughes Libertarian Right should be redefined as Neo-Feudalism so that we can distinguish it from the original Libertarianism (Anarchism) as a leftist movement from those modern day capitalist hijackers of the word. Interestingly enough, you did not explain at all Libertarian Left which I find very typical of the neo-feudalists. Their history of Libertarianism before the rise of anarcho capitalists are completely blank.

[@999TnO]

Kaze Araki You are wrong. Anarchism was orginally not particularly libertarian, and just a response to an authoritarian government - they sought to oppress people in certain ways, into the way of life they thought best, without the government. As, unfortunately, some socialists believed that their pseudo-libertarianism, complete with rife coercion, was indeed genuine, libertarianism did at some point become quite associated with them. However, it was won back, I believe in the twentieth century, by true libertarians who believe men should not be hindered by the will of others (unless agression is an issue) and thus should be allowed utmost social and economic freedom (hence capitalism) - no true libertarian believes anyone he has the right to manipulate the accumulation of wealth by force. The so-called 'Libertarian Left' don't seem to get this, and many are inconsistent in belief in an individual's freedom; indeed, some appear to be deluded statists.

[@kazearaki853]

Person Unlike you and your lot, I don't dwell in fantasy. The historical record documented the usage of the word politically all the way back in 1857 by the french anarchist Joseph Déjacque. Since then, Libertarianism has been used as a synonym to various leftist anarchist movements and the tradition continue up to this day with the syndicalist experiment of 1936 being the most famous of them. Circa 1970s-1980s America, through intense media propaganda, the far right highjacked the term and change it over its head to represent free market capitalist movement.

[@AspieMediaBobby]

Person Actually,left-libertarians simply do not make the false dichotomy right-libertarians tend to make between social liberty and individual liberty.Also,I personally am fine with property rights on an occupancy and use basis.Not all left-libertarians are ancoms,ya know?Never mind the fact that ancoms and voluntaryists both owe their existence to us Mutualists.

[@curanderos]

Drug dealers and prostitutes are good examples of Libertarians. As George Carlin would say [paraphrase] selling is legal, 'feeling good' is legal, therefore, selling 'good feelings' is legal. Libertarians are OK with people dying of overdoses or syphilis since it's the individual who freely decided to take part in that pleasure. We're talking about unbridled, unregulated capitalism cranked up to 11.

[@vidyanandbapat8032]

A true libertarian is the one who loves the right to be left alone.

[@curanderos]

@@vidyanandbapat8032 That's great. As long as you don't hurt people or the environment doing what you love, anything goes! :)

[@justinsane6867]

Libertarianism is the non-aggression principle (NAP) applied consistently to individuals and the state. Can't really describe libertarianism without including the NAP. To determine if you might be a libertarian, ask yourself if you are willing to put a gun to someone's head and pull the trigger... not because s/he actually harmed (theft, assault, murder, etc) anyone but because s/he did something that either a) offended you or b) s/he has something you don't want them to have. Regulation is government putting a gun to someone's head on your behalf. If the answer is "No, I wouldn't do that," you just might be a libertarian. If you take the NAP to its logical conclusion, you cannot justify almost anything that government does. Some libertarian (or classical liberal) authors... Herbert Spencer, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Robert Nozick, Frederic Bastiat, Thomas Jefferson, Lysander Spooner, Ludwig von Mises, Adam Smith... These and many more at oll.libertyfund.org/

[@justinsane6867]

+magentawave The voluntary nightwatchman state is still a state.

[@justinsane6867]

+magentawave only if you want it to be.

[@justinsane6867]

+magentawave Rothbard had no imagination. The state will be re-engineered. Once kingship didn't exist then it did. Once democracy didn't exist then it did. Once republic didn't exist and here it is. The voluntary nightwatchman state hasn't existed but will one day. If it doesn't, then humanity is doomed. The current political paradigm is a leftover of primitive human society. We are not much evolved politically beyond chimp society with political hierarchy. But technology continues to advance... One answer to the Fermi paradox of why intelligent life hasn't been detected in space is that once a civilization develops the capacity to destroy itself it does. And humans inevitably will if government exists much longer. Our genes all but ensure it as long as the demons among us have access to such power. The voluntary state is a state without government. It will manifest or we're toast.

[@justinsane6867]

+magentawave >> But again, a "voluntary State" is an oxymoron because if it's voluntary then it is voluntary thanks to voluntary donations. Or because citizens pay a voluntary tax. >> And if it's voluntary then it can NOT be the State. Government is involuntary. The state that does not govern can be voluntary because it does not use violence except for justice and national defense. >> "Voluntary state" is as crazy as "voluntary rape." You really need to wrap your head around this I have but you are not seeing it yet. One day you will. >> because it's crucial that you don't change the meanings of words. I'm not. Government =/= state. Rethink the state. >> The Libertarian Party has spent millions of dollars over the last 40 years trying to make the US government smaller The system cannot be changed from within. >> I am an anarchist So am I. Anarchy doesn't mean "no state"... it means "no rulers" ie no government. A state that does not govern is the anarchic state. >> believe me when I say that I'd take a Night Watchman style of government any day over the current leviathan, That's good. >> but how do you propose to shrink the current mess? A work in progress. A blueprint for the nightwatchman state followed by the will to construct it with or without cooperation of the establishment.

[@justinsane6867]

+magentawave >> Anarchism literally means NO RULERS and no rulers means NO STATE. It doesn't but I'm not going to argue with you. >> If you want a state, regardless of the size, then YOU are NOT an anarchist Yes I am if the state is comprised of self rulers. >> you are a minarchist. In principle, no. A state without rulers (ie self rulers or isocracy) is an anarchic state by definition. Deal with it. >> Also, the word "taxation" is a euphemism for theft which makes "voluntary taxation" another one of your oxymoron's. The voluntary nightwatchman state is a state. A tax is used to fund the state. Therefore the tax in the voluntary nightwatchman state is a voluntary tax. >> And for the sake of anyone else you are talking to that's new to this stuff, PLEASE stop confusing them by radically altering the meanings of these words! I'm not "radically altering the meanings"... I'm casting them in a corrected light that will lead to real change for the better instead of the infantile fantasy of the "no state"... Believe what you will.

[@klausjamesphoto]

I love the video. Just want to point out that Gary Johnson is actually the former Governor of New Mexco! That's all!

[@niksterrr1110]

What is a Libertarian? A guy who believes in real freedom. There, I just answered the question instead of taking 10 minutes and 18 seconds.

[@GamzaLive]

The only point I disagree on in terms of being a libertarian is the abortion issue. I believe its a life at conception. if life is not considered valid at conception then the definition is unclear and up for debate and I do not agree any man can dictate when life starts if its not at the beginning.

[@57ashdot]

+Commissar Gamza Here is the thing about libertarian philosophy: That's ok. It's ok to be pro-life, the government just has no place in your opinion. You should be free to go out, try to advocate for your side, and change people's minds. You shouldn't be able to buy a couple government reps to enact heavy-handed laws to force an opinion on others.

[@stonedaurelius6496]

+Commissar Gamza a lot of libertarians think that too. That is not really "libertarian" problem, its more consensus problem when person begins.

[@MineGames66]

Commissar Gamza you could argue that it is human after birth, as it is first then that the baby is not physically connected to the mother and can survive on its own. That would also be a concrete definition

[@dewdrop8626]

But libertarians believe the government and people other than the babies parents should stay out of it.

[@bonthovenproductions3158]

I'm libertarian:)

[@PapaKennMedia]

Clarified some things I already knew and educated me on aspects of Libertarianism I didn't already know. Thanks, HipHughes! :)

[@KizoneKaprow]

_"The anarchist is the scum of the intellectual world of the left, which has given them up. So the right picks up another leftist discard. That's the Libertarian movement."_ --Ayn Rand

[@tomitiustritus6672]

Please don't. The anarchist recognizes economical power as such. The libertarian pretends he is free, living in private feudalism, because there is no state collecting taxes.

[@errorcringyname4044]

@@tomitiustritus6672 there can be no true anarchy so I see no reason to talk about ancaps like that neither side is truly free from all powers

[@shake6321]

@@errorcringyname4044 is all anarchy ancap? i think the technology now exists to create an ancap society. the internet and AI could create an ancap society

[@errorcringyname4044]

@@shake6321 I think their would still be slight minarchy very slight but still the same

[@HistoryNerd808]

I am definitely libertarian. Economic:3.5 Authoritarian:-2.31 Where do you stand on this, Mr Hughes?

[@57ashdot]

I always feel like the bottom of the compass test should read "anarchy" rather than "libertarian". Libertarian is close to anarchy, but not quite.

[@tomitiustritus6672]

Libertarian was originally an anarchist self description. It fell out of use during the era leninist dominance of the left and was then appropriated by the radical neo-liberal laissez-fairists.

[@CasconeTheN]

Keith's videos are great, they are effective overviews on a wide range of subjects, that benefit all ages. His short clips keep you attentive no matter what the subject discussed. Many of my students find history dull, they have an "it happened in the past so who cares" mentality. I show his quirky videos almost always before I lecture on a subject and I find that my students grasp history's concepts more fully after they see Keith's audio/visual technique. His videos also help me frankly, not only as a teacher, but as a student of history, especially videos on topics ranging from individual Federalist essays, specific Amendments, or Beard's Economic History of the US Constitution. Keith is essentially my co-teacher. The student's also love the videos because it makes them feel as if the class is shorter, somethings never change I guess. Thanks HipHughes!

[@MichaelBrown-ys6tj]

Ayn Rand was NOT a Libertarian… she was an Objectivist.

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Since libertarian is really just a replacement word that many classical liberals adopted to distinguish themselves from modern American liberals, Ayn Rand was technically a libertarian in that sense. She was just too much of a smug cunt to admit it, even to herself. She felt that if you agreed with her on political issues that you should agree with her on all other things, even if they had nothing to do with politics at all. A christian can have the same political beliefs as an atheist like myself, just as I could agree with her politically while thinking her taste in art sucked, which it totally did.

[@kebman]

*Laizzes faire* literally means *let do*. It means let it slide, or let it happen, or do as you please, or let the chips fall as they may. It does not mean "hands off", as in someone moralizing about it. It means the opposite. It means to let an action (in most cases trade) happen without outside interference.

[@teddypgray]

He did the best job a non-libertarian could do. To make it simply put: Libertarians believe do whatever you want to do as long as it doesn't interfere with my ability to do whatever I want. Therefore, government is not necessarily. As far as abortion goes it is widely debated simply because of the whole "when does life starts" issue. Otherwise, do you and let me be! Most people are Libertarians and don't even know it.

[@teddypgray]

Most people don't even know what a socialist is truly. They think it's all about giving and free stuff. When I explain what is really going on within the system, most people don't identify with it. However, I find that libertarian values resonates in the hearts of most individuals. The problem is the fact that most people never heard of libertarianism and don't know what is. And when certain people make videos saying it is what it actually isn't, People get more confused.

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Most “pro-life libertarians” are actually pro-choice, but since most of these people were ex-Republicans, they’re in denial of their actual beliefs. If you think that abortion should be (on the whole) legal, you are by definition pro-choice, whether you like it or not. However, the extremely small minority of abortion abolitionists in the libertarian movement (most of whom are just conservative-libertarians, and therefore not real libertarians) greatly exaggerate their numbers by misrepresenting the number of self-professed pro-lifers, who are still in the minority even when their numbers are inflated by the inclusion of pseudo-pro-lifers. The “debate” is just an excuse to pull libertarianism to the right in order to make conservative-libertarians more comfortable with their non-libertarian views. That’s why the libertarian position on abortion isn’t the only libertarian position under attack from within, and why all the other positions under attack from within all just so happen to be sociocultural issues on which conservatives disagree with libertarians (and progressives).

[@petergould406]

best explanation I`ve seen so far, could have done without some of the ADD gimmicks like horse noises and such but at least it sounded like he wasn`t trying to bash the ideas

[@zachpowell6483]

So what I’m hearing is that if the entire country was libertarian it would be a pretty awesome place.

[@BrianHoff04]

Well... I'm guessing it would look a lot like a bunch of selfish people. My liberty.. my liberty... my liberty. Not a great deal of us, just a bunch of me's.

[@goyourownway5566]

thank you for the clarity on these topics! good stuff

[@dkupke]

Libertarians and Scientologists have at least one thing in common: both swear by an ideology thought up by an author of fiction.

[@dkupke]

TransCinema Films Those documents were not written by professional novelists who lost all they're marbles and lead a lifestyle that ran completely counter to they're stated beliefs. And just a little tip: colonial Americans tried the kind of decentralized, figurehead government that libertarians seem to consider the promised land-and decided it didn't work, so they replaced it with the Constitution and a centralized federal government.

[@AquaticDot]

If you think Ayn Rand invented libertarianism, then you're a lot stupider than you lead on.

[@wariswrong1]

Adam Smith was the forefather of libertanism. He was a Scottish political economist who graduated from the College of Oxford, and later served as the chair of moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow. He composed two major works, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and The Theory of Moral Sentiments. His second book was published in 1776, the same year as the American Declaration of Independence, and is noted for its influence on the American founding fathers James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson, and upon the economic theories of Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedman. However some guy who has an empty plate as his KZbin avatar says Adam Smith only wrote fiction, huh, who knew?

[@corniusbungus8033]

+Daniel Ryan Sorry didn't realize libertarianism was founded by Ayn Rand, even though she despised libertarians.

[@teethman15]

You rock. Thanks for explaining everything in feasible terms.

[@theveremianshow2101]

Wow. This guy encourages ppl to discuss ans debate in the comments XD

[@bigbosscaos3923]

Economic Left/Right: -4.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

[@FutureLaugh]

3:09 woaw woaw professor, according to political compass, obama is in the top right.

[@hiphughes]

+FutureLaugh That's the joke, on an ideological prism compared with other world leaders, he is. Our center-left is center-right in Europe. When people in America call Obama a socialist, real European democratic socialists just shake their head and laugh.

[@FutureLaugh]

+Keith Hughes (HipHughes) Yes socialist would be going to far, i would say he is a corporatist. With his drone campaign, foreign aggressive wars and international spying; i would say he is right where he needs to be in the top right.

[@Randsurfer]

+FutureLaugh Big government authoritarian. There's only one box for that: upper left. Where the fascists live.

[@james192599]

+Randsurfer fascists are right wing.

[@thomas_weber]

+dinero rey Fascists can be top-left or top-right.

[@shirobara95]

Economic Left/Right: 6.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

[@hiwayM9]

This is all fine but where are the actual libertarian representatives? I see a lot of people who carry the label in name, but not in practice. I think the name has been co-opted and rendered something more akin to apres nous le deluge instead of laissez-faire. Besides- I always thought it was pretty easy for folks to claim sovereignty now that the infrastructure is built (crumbling- but built) I wonder what our ancestors who sweated it out in the WPA or NRA (not the one most are thinking) and the many other efforts that built roads, bridges, dams, communication lines... the fucking internet... yeah- what would they say about riding their backs to be selfish? I somehow doubt it would resonate with the song I hear being played these days. Sounds like the world just wants to buy a Koch... or the other way around.

[@hiphughes]

Thanks for your insights brother. Every time I edit now I imagine your drone footage flooding my green screen. Hope all is well.

[@hiwayM9]

Keith Hughes I have begun taking it to new levels but sort of had to measure it- old man winter has moved back in from a summer restraining order from mother nature and he has made his presence known. I am also trying to plan for some really excellent historical locations- and getting formal permission is very tough and tedious to take the video I want unless I wish to make enemies- I would rather have the blessing and be able to come back. I sure would love to be able to match my footage with your commentary- you ever need some stock stuff from my neck of the woods for anything it is yours for free- just tell me what you need and I will go shoot it or dig around my copious files of footage. I can get some angles nobody can, HAH!

[@calvaughan27]

A Communist is Left-Wing Authoritarian not just Left-Wing

[@mkultraviolence2453]

calvaughan27 not neccessarily, communism can be authoritarian or anarchist or somewhere in between, the only communists we've seen have been authoritarian communists, look up Anarcho-communism

[@calvaughan27]

******Round of Applause for the fail troll*

[@TheRantMaster53]

+calvaughan27 - You clearly are not well-informed of Marxist politics.

[@Specopleader]

+Blunt Force Trauma Anarcho-communism is completely correct in its philosophy, there is no oxymoron.

[@harrybudgeiv349]

+Aurora communism only cares about the collective and the only way to enforce it is through force of the collective, i.e. government. Anarchy is a voluntary society that cares about the individual more than the collective. You can't simultaneously care for both more than the other. Therefore anarcho-communism is a contradiction of the philosophies and has no place in the world

[@stoic_guides]

You said @ 8:25 they would not be nationalistic, I don't see the correlation of libertarianism and a lack of pride in one's nation. Wouldn't the closer you came to that libertarian ideal lend to a stronger sense of nationalism, rather than a nation that has distant itself further from your political standards? Possibly you mean less nationalistic with the government in it's current state? Though I still don't see that as compelling since you can still uphold some aspects of freedom even in it's current state as sufficient to invoke nationalistic tendencies.

[@elflaco6654]

Check your facts Keith. Gary Johnson was the Governor of New Mexico not Arizona.

[@loriloristuff]

Thanks for helping me tutor my nephew through his eighth grade Constitution test. He got an 84.

[@EdwardBerryy]

Im a Libertarian.

[@DrSpooglemon]

+Edward Berry Good for you...

[@EdwardBerryy]

+DrSpooglemon thanks

[@lancedamask9728]

Me too

[@Ncebulsky]

Economic Left/Right: -2.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.92

[@tiagoteiga2578]

Man, you just put Obama on the Libertarian Left ???? Ahahahahah ahahahaha ahahahahah ahahahhahaha

[@truegee8038]

Lol lol lol

[@MattNicassio]

I really like the idea of Libertarianism. I consider myself to share their basic ideology. But in a country like ours, the United States, I worry that a free market economy with even more limited regulation would NOT work out well. Countries like the nordic countries, Iceland, Switzerland, Denmark, etc. are all consisting of very free markets and they are doing very well economically compared to other countries globally. They also all have VERY social health and education policies, that being very unlike libertarianism. I think libertarianism COULD work in the US if our citizens were more willing to do research for themselves and "vote with their wallets" and make choices based upon the actions and characteristics of US corporations that we take advantage of. Sadly, many US citizens don't seem to care much when a company screws them over or rips them off, they just keep giving them their money. Our elections have also become a breeding ground for Lobbyists to then become Government officials, essentially hiring an ex-con as a cop. I like the idea of individual rights and freedoms combined with individual responsibility and independence. My problem comes down to the removing of any regulations over the economy and from government itself. Limited government means limited power so hopefully they couldn't do AS MUCh damage. But the free market surely could! A free market economy can only regulate itself if it consists of an educated and interested population of action taking citizens. We don't seem to have that in this country. I'd personally like to see more personal freedoms, more economic regulation, and more access to govt healthcare and education paid for by reducing our military spending. Rain back the military industrial complex, stop cable companies (or other companies) from building huge monopolies, get people healthcare and education without putting them in debt forever, and allow us to be able to travel on vacation with money in my pocket without having to worry about a cop taking your money due to a "Civil Forfeiture." Anyway, that was too long winded, but things seem to be pulled in every direction. Our country is so diverse that it'll never go in one of the directions toward the outside of the square shown in the video. Things will always stay in the center. So, we will end up having problems and benefits from each of the outer extremes. Hopefully that's a good thing in the end?...

[@JBthree24]

Libertarian-Republican here

[@johnwilliams8117]

John Michael Make that just libertarian then you're perfect!

[@999TnO]

John Michael oxymoron?

[@roet8792]

This is so helpful I have my first year philosophy uni exam in three hours and I haven't revised and I've no time to go through the lecture material so this is great

[@bryanarmstrong5747]

Great, well produced video! Thanks for explaining Libertarianism so well!

[@bozimmerman]

As a libertarian and a Libertarian, I would say this passes the ideological Turing test. Well done. Now that your cred is established, I can watch your videos about non-libertarians and feel comfortable that I'm learning something. So, thanks for that.

[@bishopofapples]

Nice job. Good exchanges in the comments.

[@tylerfreeland9211]

Very informative, for just 10 min on the basics of Libertarianism. Ayn Rand, and her theory of objectivism within her political, philosophical novels is the foundation, to be believed as the Libertarian Party we see today. I have subscribed to your "shotgun "history lessons, and I am looking forward to seeing what you have next.

[@KatBuckner]

So an ideal government would work in the middle based on the majority. What would this look like?

[@cray3027]

Nice video. I’m a young educated, US Army veteran and this helped show some friends some good perspectives

[@jean-louispech4921]

5:04 : then libertarians in theory are against capitalist exploitation of the workers, but they don't want do anything to prevent this exploitation by regulation, then in practice they are not against this exploitation and do not defend the liberty of the workers.

[@Tivvv3]

The way I look at it, libertarians also have the left-right divide, with anarchist and anarchocapitalist on the two ends. The former take a very critical stance when it comes to landownership, the latter take a very critical stance when it comes to taxes. Neither taxes nor land ownership are inherently libertarian. Note that having a market does not appear to be not presupposed on private landownership. Consider the contributions Henry George made to the conversation. Which are really one way to seriously attempt to deploy John Locke's idea of homesteading ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockean_proviso ) But yeah I see that libertarians often fall on the Ancap side of the spectrum, at least where they take landownership as god-given/first-come-first-serve/'just what we happen to have now', as opposed to the result of lockean homesteading. I see some who take the classical liberal stance as well, though, meaning with lockean homesteading, implying social contract theory, georgism or similar.

[@doublebaconchaseburger]

People often think of libertarianism as either left or right wing, which it isn’t when really studying the Libertarian party platforms. It is actually a centrist or moderate party (more socially liberal than the Democrats on abortion, gay marriage and Marijuana; more fiscally conservative than the Republicans on economics). Unlike the Dems, they don’t want white people eliminated, and unlike the GOP, they don’t like policing the world with military spending (which is also privatized).

[@stevendrumm4957]

FYI - Gary Johnson was the Governor of New Mexico, not Arizona (1995-2002).

[@walterdennisclark]

I just now read all the comments when there was about 20 of them. They are all good. You have quite a smart following Keith. I hope you read them too.

[@hiphughes]

I assumed you brought them.

[@walterdennisclark]

No. These are your fans. Let's see what comments come with your other ideology descriptions. I'm sure your essays will be spot-on there too. Walt

[@walterdennisclark]

Gosh that was good Keith. "Dealignment" Thanks for that new word. I've been a card-carrying libertarian for 40 years, and have never seen such a good description. I'm looking forward to your description of the other ideologies. I'd like to offer several other points about libertarians. - anarchy is no-ruler, not no-law - government is force; to give in to some compelling use of it leads to ever more use of it - everyone can agree with Non-Initiation-of-Force but what most people can't give up is - a group of people can have NO MORE rights than an individual

[@bishopofapples]

I very much agree that Anarchy is more about there not being a sort of king. I disagree that the defining characteristic of governments is their exclusive legitimate use of force. I somewhat dissent here because I think the idea of force is pretty weak. Coercion need not be violent, and there are lots of ways to get people to do things without violence that are still extremely suspect. I agree on point 3, except that 'everyone' is usually a term I try to avoid. Again, it's the "what is force?", and "what is violence?" Point 4 I strongly agree with in an abstract way, but I find it breaks down naturally when put into practice. Groups have more power and therefore tend to secure more rights. If one person is doing something it is easier to condemn than if all of them are. I'd almost say that groups of individuals often have more rights than individual individuals, if that makes sense.

[@walterdennisclark]

Thank you for responding Bishop. You are right about the tendency for groups to secure more rights. But that doesn't mean it is wise. The libertarian expression about "no additional rights for a group" is a wish for it someday to be universally accepted. Notice that if being human is reason enough to have a right to defend oneself then a government can be in that business too; in the form of police. What it can't do is what we can't do; take from one group and give to another.

[@bishopofapples]

Walter Clark But, we can take from one group and give to another. More importantly to me, there is legitimate reason to do so at some times. I'd prefer that people consent and be happy and think of takings as voluntary, but if they don't they still must bend the knee. That's not a great way for me to put that, but I'm relaxing..... I think the group/individual distinction focusing on origin is a bit chicken or the egg. Handicapped people have a right (which I'm fine with them having) to have various forms of protected access. I think some of the regulations over reach, but the area of interest to me, here, is that the right arises neither collectively, or individually. Maybe both? It is a right (or legal code enacted) that I agree with. I think groups of doctors have rights, whether because they individually hold a title or collectively are organized. It's positional, held by an individual within a recognizable group. Women are a group, men are a group, and everyone in between. I believe researchers should have access to equipment that the common public should not, and that the question of whether that is a right of scientists as part of a group, or as individuals seems like an unneeded distinction, and not one that can be addressed by an assertion that "If a right is not available to an individual it cannot be available to a group." I'm for cops being able to do things us commoners cannot, but I agree (Probably?) with you that to group rights are out of line with individual ones at present, but not that the real issue can be addressed by adopting your position. Whew.... Lots of individuals may belong to various groups. Those individuals will be defined by their group identities, and those identities are useful tools for those governing to acknowledge. I do think applying a group ideation to individuals can be problematic. The group identity should arise from the people, and not the state, but that's a whole nother complicated issue, and I've already typed more than I am comfortable with. :)

[@joellongie]

Gary Johnson was governor of New Mexico, not Arizona.

[@peterpremingertrichter6274]

Yes, that is it in a nutshell. One may agree or disagree, but from what I have seen they are pretty serious people.

[@MrEarthling99]

Economic Left/Right: 3.5 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

[@ThePlatinumMatt]

I'm pretty confused, if the free market doesn't do the things the state does in the first world now (minimum wages, working conditions ect), example being how we all buy items from Chinese sweat shops and similar places and the free market hasn't come up with an alternative, or at least we the consumers haven't chosen it over Apple/Samsung ect. Then why would it in a be any different in a Libertarian society? I would normally brush this off as something stupid but since this ideology is getting really big I want to actually understand it.

[@jacobaustin9526]

The free market can’t do the things you say because the government has crippled it’s ability to do those things.

[@carpetsnake83]

Why not start with a definition of the word Liberty=self ownership/personal responsibility Liberal= individual Contractarian=makes agreements with others Libertarian= an individual who takes on the personal responsibility for the agreements they make and therefore ought to be free to do so without force or coercion preventing them as long as they don’t cause harm to another’s liberty.

[@MetastasisVideos]

Your point at the end about dealignment summarized the appeal of libertarianism perfectly. It is exactly why I started registering libertarian years ago. I could get behind many of the economic views of the republicans, but was sickened by the prevalence of the smug religious right trying to dictate everyone else's behavior. For instance, gay marriage. Who cares if two men or two women get married? Does someone else's homosexual relationship somehow devalue my heterosexuality? Live and let live. However, there are some problems with libertarianism as well. I don't recall off the top of my head where I heard it, but in a political discussion some libertarian candidates were all agreeing about how they would do away with the CDC/NIH/any publicly funded science. As a disease researcher I found that shocking. Science should be heavily funded. While I would get rid of most of the taxes that have been federally levied against us, I would give the sciences more. Science improves the world on a very tangible level both economically and in quality of life.

[@garyt3hsna1l82]

The problem with being fiscally conservative AND socially liberal is that you will eventually have to spend money to protect social liberties of more than just you and your enclave of people, which is where the founding fathers came up short, and why many Native Americans still live in their internment camps.

[@xRobLupusx]

Libertarianism is not any party its philosophy applied to/from the first principle(s) of: 1.) The non-initiation of force other than to defend oneself, and its corollary -- 2.) respect for property rights from original appropriation such as homesteading. The former is sometimes referred to as self-ownership (e.g. You own yourself, therefore you own your actions/labor and the product thereof, therefore you own your property.) Everything about libertarianism is the logical extension of such.

[@Sunflower4868]

Liked the video very much except Gary Johnson was not the governor of Arizona. He was governor of New Mexico.

[@thomasdrzik5299]

-4.25 Economic left/right. -4.51 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian. So a liberal with heavy emphasis on freedom of speech and being alowed to do things as long as your not hurting anyone else? That sounds like me. Good quiz

[@AEI1031Productions]

As a libertarian, I think this is a pretty solid description of my ideology . Good job. Just a few things, both Obama and bush belong in the upper left quadrant as there were little differences between the economic (both are tax and spend Keynesians), foreign policy (both are hawks though only bush says he is) and social policy (both are authoritarians and fervent supporters of the patriot act and the war on drugs). Also libertarians are not "in between" the parties and most lean GOP

[@rubenjacobo3919]

I'm a little confuse, so when libertarians believe in open immigration, does it mean its like how europe handles open border or is it something else.

[@generalphobia]

This man fundamentally misunderstood how the political compass worked, at least when this video came out. His description of left to right actually described the transition between Libertarian Right and Authoritarian Left. Instead of the line straight side-to-side, it's more of a diagonal line, at least how he described it

[@discoverednotcreated]

Colorful. Informative. Bangin' intro music.

[@shadowllght]

I literally can't find anyone that has similar results to me in that compass as a Libetarian.

[@kallehof]

No wonder why I don't talk politics with my family or friends. Economic Left/Right: -6.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87

[@soapbxprod]

Very Groovy! Merci! but the proper spelling is "laisser faire" (the infinitive form of both verbs), and the translation is "leave do" or "let do"... BTW, I'm a NH Free Stater AnarchoCapitalist Mises/Rothbard geek...

[@jimboyd604]

Mistake… hip, Gary Johnson was not governor of AZ. He was governor of NM. I know this because I lived here in NM and voted for him.

[@heathert3287]

I hate how you quip, and your editing, and I'm not a fan of your voice, but your content is really informative and relatively unbiased. Subscribed.

[@hiphughes]

+Heather T thank you. I think.

[@peterjosephpalmer9971]

Garry Johnson was governor of New Mexico, Not Arizona

[@Tcassa89]

Good video, but you made an error. Gary Johnson was the governor of New Mexico, not Arizona. Also, while Ayn Rand is popular among self identified libertarians, she herself did not identify as a libertarian, and had some mean things to say about libertarianism. Milton Friedman would have been worth mentioning as a libertarian person

[@Forseenlife]

omg! I'm waiting on this guy to start explaining it! the video isnt called "political compass quiz explained" !

[@Di-sv6ri]

Gary Johnson was the governor of New Mexico not AZ. Perhaps that what You meant to say. :) great job explaining these political views. Thank you.

[@killerkn9786]

Libertarianism is a big tent ideology that favors individual liberty as the binding glue. There are many sects of libertarian thought. There were Classical Liberals that favored minarchist tenants (limited government) although some may say they weren't full blown libertarian since some of them were supportive or non-committal of slavery. There is the thought that anarcho-communism (voluntary socialism) was the first libertarian movement however. Other types of libertarianism include objectivism (rational egoism) which was the brainchild of Ayn Rand. There are also such camps that advocate anarcho-capitalism (laissez faire economics). Libertarians have a hard time agreeing on everything because it's such a broad ideology in practice. There are no two libertarians that believe the same thing.

[@farmerjon360]

I am a conservative and I don't 100% align myself with the Republican Party. The only reason that stops me from going to the libertarian side is the free trade and unregulated immigration. My belief is that you need to protect your domestic production from outside sources that use virtually slave labor for products. I also believe that with unregulated immigration you risk the entire solvency and security of a country unless you can verify the identity and intentions of those who wish to enter your country. Those are just my thoughts

[@danielwilliams1900]

Gary Johnson was governor of New Mexico not Arizona -_-

[@sirdidymus62]

Brilliant video, I wish there was someone like you explaining UK politics as well.