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#50A LIBERTARIAN #50B LEFT ANARCHIST 
I oppose 1) taxes beyond those needed to provide law enforcement / national defense, 2) government interference with free market forces, and 3) laws limiting individual freedom--restricting speech / public expression, limiting firearms, requiring military service, making certain acts crimes where there’s no victim, restrictions on private property use, etc. Freedom is protected by such property, so governments should not appropriate it for public welfare. (Note: Libertarians preaching abolition of government are often called anarcho-capitalists.) While my brand of libertarianism would abolish the state altogether and  abandon or vastly reduce private property rights, it values egalitarianism and order.  It would replace government with free associations. Co-ops and communes would be key units in the ideal way to organize society I imagine. (Note: Left anarchism comes in different forms. One is collectivist anarchism where means of production are collectively owned and managed by the producers themselves with labor-based compensation; another might emphasize need based distribution.) 

WV Theme #50A: Libertarian

WV Theme #50B: Left Anarchist

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--Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries

values free markets, limited role of state,  minarchism prefers no government===>values stateless society
values individual freedom, self-ownership, own labor values mutual aid, abolition of private ownership
values private ownership, private property rights  values Collectivist Anarchism, labor-based compensation
would abolish state, values Anarcho-capitalism values Anarchist Communism, need based distribution

summary Wikipedia article:  Libertarianism

summary Wikipedia article: Social Anarchism

Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 3222 Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 2322
Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 16 Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 144

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