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Libertarianism


In the USA the right tends to endorse the war on drugs, bans on prostitution, gambling, pornography and other vices. The right means to craft people’s souls via government’s coercive powers.
The left wants government regulation of the economy – minimum wage laws, anti-trust crusades, progressive taxation and government efforts to equalise and redistribute wealth.
The left and right both want intrusive government. Ayn Rand noted that metaphysics has an impact here: The right’s idealism and the left’s materialism tend to dictate what is to be controlled.
· The libertarian does not have an answer as to how to solve all human problems [PhilosophersNet ]