What is a libertarian and what aspects of the Democratic platform do they support vs the GOP platform
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Libertarianism in the modern USA and many other countries means little or no government. Libertarians bend over backwards to try to figure out how society can function without government-or with as little government as possible. It is a modern political philosophy. Modern political philosophies are ones that have a meta-narrative. A meta-narrative is a big idea that, once implemented, is believed to solve all or most social problems. For example, communism is based on the idea or meta-narrative that differences in economic class, such as differences between rich and poor, is the biggest social problem. Therefore, communism states that eliminating class differences will solve most of society’s problems. Libertarianism states that government is the biggest problem in society. Therefore, minimizing or eliminating government will solve most of society’s problems. Democrats and Republicans are not really ideologies. They are political parties, which are coalitions of different interest groups. They may draw on ideas and share ideas with ideologies like communism or libertarianism, but they do not believe in a single overarching narrative. So it is not accurate to compare libertarianism to Democrats and Republicans. It is more accurate to compare libertarians to communists or theocrats. Modern ideologies can be represented by a political party. For example, there are Communist and Libertarian parties, but these are not parties in the sense that they are coalitions of different, yet similar interests. They are parties in the sense that they consist of people and organizations that believe in the ideology, the meta-narrative of libertarianism or communism.
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