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Originally Posted by u-Bob
Libertarians are neither left wing nor right wing.
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That would all depend on your definition of libertarian. The American flavor of libertarianism is solidly right wing. The original european flavor of libertarianism is a left wing ideology.
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Economist Karl Widerquist writes of left-libertarianism and libertarian socialism as being distinct ideologies also claiming the label "libertarianism".[4] However, many works broadly distinguish right-libertarianism and left-libertarianism as related forms of libertarian philosophy.[5] Also identified is a large faction advocating minarchism, though libertarianism has also long been associated with anarchism (and sometimes is used as a synonym for such), especially outside of the United States.[6] Anarchism remains one of the significant branches of libertarianism.[7]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism