Editing Libertarianism

[[File:Gadsden flag.png|thumb|The Gadsden Flag is commonly used by Libertarians and others on the Hard-Right.]]
'''Libertarianism''', or in this context, '''Right-Wing Libertarianism''', refers to the [[Individualism|ultra-indivdualist]] and hightly [[Idealism|idealistic]] ideologies that view the government as the primary force that reduces their "liberty", and view [[capitalism]]<ref group="Note">That is, their own utopian view of what "capitalism" is, as many will reject any example of modern capitalism as being not capitalism, but "corporatism".</ref> as a largely voluntary and effective system. Similar to [[Liberalism|Liberals]], Libertarians put a large amount of stock in the ideas of "natural law",  but unlike Liberals, Libertarians take "nautral law", as well as indivdualism, to a much more extreme conclusion, to the point where they are willing to deprive the poor and needful of basic social programs<ref group="Note">It is important to note that Libertarians do not -necessarily- hate less well-off people, however, since many Libertarians view Capitalism as a largely meritocratic and fair system, a large amount think that the poor are poor because they "choose" to be.</ref> all in the goal of creating idealistic "[[Free market|free-market]]" utopia.<ref>{{News citation|author=David Boaz|newspaper=Encyclopædia Britannica|title=Libertarianism|date=2015-5-4|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/libertarianism-politics/Historical-origins}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=Murray N. Rothbard|newspaper=Mises Institute|title=The Left and Right within Libertarianism|date=2010-12-21|url=https://mises.org/library/left-and-right-within-libertarianism|retrieved=2022-6-11}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=David Boaz|newspaper=Cato Institute|title=Key Concepts of Libertarianism|date=2019-4-19|url=https://www.cato.org/commentary/key-concepts-libertarianism}}</ref>

Right-Wing Libertarians can be broadly split into three groups - Mainstream Libertarians (those who make up the majority of the movement, and whom are the least extreme), Minarchists (those who want a "minimal state"), and Anarcho-Capitalists (who are the most idealistic and extreme).<ref>{{Citation|author=Randy E. Barnett|year=1998|title=The Structure of Liberty|page=1|pdf=https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2000/11/cj20n2-8.pdf|city=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|volume=20|trans-lang=English}}</ref> Futhermore, while Libertarians are some of the most fanatical apologists of capitalism, they are often times rather progressive on certain social issues, such as drug prohibition, firearm ownership, and mass incarceration of the poor.<ref>{{News citation|author=David Boaz, David Kirby|newspaper=Cato Institute|title=The Libertarian Vote|date=2006-10-18|url=https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/libertarian-vote}}</ref>

In spite of Libertarianism being, in theory, an anti-state ideology, Libertarians often have a trend of embracing [[Racism|white-supremacist]] ideas, and otherwise [[Fascist]] ideology. This trend is known as the ''Alt-Right Pipeline''.<ref>{{Citation|author=Munn, L.|year=2019|title=Alt-right pipeline: Individual journeys to extremism online|title-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333639104_Alt-right_pipeline_Individual_journeys_to_extremism_online|doi=https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i6.10108|volume=24|trans-lang=English}}</ref>


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