A Short Introduction to Libertarianism: The Libertarian Mind with David Boaz

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Libertarianism—the philosophy of personal and economic freedom—has deep roots in Western civilization and in American history, and it's growing stronger.

Two long wars, chronic deficits, the financial crisis, the costly drug war, the campaigns of Ron Paul and Rand Paul, the growth of executive power under Presidents Bush and Obama, and the revelations about NSA abuses have pushed millions more Americans in a libertarian direction.

The Libertarian Mind, by David Boaz, the longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute, is the best available guide to the history, ideas, and growth of this increasingly important political movement.

With new information on the threat of government surveillance, the policies that led up to and stemmed from the 2008 financial crisis, corruption in Washington, and the unsustainable welfare state, The Libertarian Mind is the ultimate resource for the current, burgeoning libertarian movement.

Video directed and produced by Evan Banks.

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I'm a brand new libertarian, and this video was just what I needed to hear.

Glowwriter

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No, says the feudalist, it belongs to the king. No, says the theocrat, it belongs to God. No, says the fascist, it belongs to the nation. No, says the Nazi, it belongs to the master race. No, says the socialist, it belongs to the poor. No, says the communist, it belongs to everyone. I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... libertarianism.

darthvader

Libertarians are the true guardians of freedom.

stephennickerson

Why are so many people worried about the poor? Libertariansim is economic survival of the fittest. If you can't build your own wealth, get an education, good job, etc. sucks for you. So many people are saying "Libertarians live in a fairytale world" But then you turn around and ask "How will the poor survive?" There are 8 billion people on our planet and counting, that's 4 billion more than we are capable of sustaining. You think you can save everyone, and sustain the additional hundreds of millions of people being born every day, yet libertarians are the ones living in a fairytale world? It only seems like a fairytale world to you because you're poor and if the government stopped holding your hand and feeding you, you wouldn't know what to do with yourselves.

winnrecked

If you want to have control of your own life and respect the right of others to control their own lives then you are a libertarian.

I joined the Libertarian Party and will work to destroy the Republican/Democrat duopoly that shoves lousy candidates down our throats.

haroldgoodman

Thank you Cato, I'm 43 & I've been a Libertarian before I knew it. I was a Chomsky guy (As I'm from Massachusetts) but I've been an Ancap since I "woke" to Libertarian ideals..I do vote & I have been vòting libertarian for 10 years... thanks for all you do CATO Institute..

augustusmustus

I just discovered I’m a libertarian. I could never choose between D and R. I evaluated myself a little and this is what I feel I fit most with

CD_B

Ive been a Libertarian my whole life but I often have to come to these videos about the basics so that I can wash my mind from the fascist/communist/theocratic bull**

TheVoiceOfLiberty

Libertarians are just smarter than all the other parties, we get it.

dmioprm

It's really simple. There is one human right, to not have force initiated against you. This means that all actions should be allowed except those involving the initiatory use of force, threats of force or fraud. This means the proper function of government is to defend individual negative liberty with the retaliatory use of force. Done. Everything required for a civil society in three sentences.

iamchillydogg

Now this is why I love being an American citizen! Hallelujah!

Be_Kind

Unfortunately, since we live in an oligarchy, Libertarianism will only flourish when we all decide to fight to take our liberties back from those who have taken them away from us.

Columbus

Well made and well said. This deserves to go viral. Especially in these times.

StateOfHead

Brazil has the biggest libertarian ancap comunity and i love it

rabanete

Emotionally mature people resonate with this message, those who want to be emotionally mature are attracted to the message, people determined to remain emotionally immature are repelled by this message and pathologically immature people loathe the message

MarcSmith