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Originally posted by 914GT
Guess it's time to move on then. I registered as a libertarian when I was young and naive. As I recall, the kid that encouraged me to be a libertarian was a real oddball.

But the libertarian party also believes this:

"As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives, and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.

We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized."

This country is adhering to that philosophy - by spreading liberty around the world.

No, if the initiation of force is used, then it's not libertarianism, it's totalitarianism.

Again.
"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."
- L. Neil Smith