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In reply to the discussion: In Left-Right politics, where do libertarians fit? [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,020 posts)by ideological accident, they just don't want a Federal government of a scope capable of enforcing drug laws, meddling in bedrooms, or engaging in military adventures. They are typically fine if some corporation does the exact same things like they might oppose a US attack on Iran but would be fine with a gaggle of companies hiring mercenaries to do the same thing.
Little "l" is more anti-authoritarian, regardless of the power is held by government, corporations, or individuals.
It isn't a simple answer since one can be a civil libertarian (focused on individual rights and protections), a social libertarian will be into individual freedoms and self determination, or they may fall into the fiscal libertarian arena which I consider right wing putting the individual profit motive and desires over societal needs, essentially that the needs or even wants of the one outweigh the needs of the many and each person is an island.