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Strike_Eagle784 14 points ago +14 / -0

Exactly, it's why I call myself a Minarchist. My desire is for an state with minimum government, a government that would exist to provide defense for your natural rights (i.e. courts), defense of the nation (strong borders, military), and defense of the free market (ensuring anti-trust laws, fair, and equitable trade deals).

Moving towards anything else is a move towards ideologies that are fundamentally anti-American, like Communism, and Fascism. Less Government, more Capitalism should be the way forward.

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CuomoisaMassMurderer 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yup! The bit about government being evil but a necessary evil is the basis of "American exceptionalism," which refers to the principles in our founding documents.

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BenjaminTallmadge 3 points ago +3 / -0

Fellow Minarchist checking in! You provided an outstanding definition.

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Strike_Eagle784 3 points ago +3 / -0

Thank you, I did my best! I think it's a fitting ideology to match a sort-of Constitutionalist orthodoxy.

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KingSweyn 2 points ago +2 / -0

There's a minimum IQ requirement and a minimum cultural requirement for a minarchist society. The commitment to hash out disagreements and come to terms using words.

The founders rejected the notion of special privileges. No immunity for government agents. No titles of nobility. No law degrees for lawyers or judges. No exemptions from the law for anyone for any reason of status or position.