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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
One of the tenets, for example, would be that all criminal laws should be based on the rule that: No one can harm, or steal, another person, or their property. Nothing more than that.
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Libertarianism is indeed about the non-aggression principle: People are free to use their body and property in any way they see fit as long as they don't cause damage to another person's body or property. So you are not allowed to initiate force (let's say break in to someone's house) but you are allowed to use force to defend yourself or your property (let's say shoot a burglar).
The difference between an anarcho-capitalist and a minarchist is that a minarchist for some strange reason reason does allow 1 company (the government in a certain area) to violate the non-aggression principle by giving it a monopoly on violence in a certain area.