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An American philosopher, Nozick defended libertarianism and the minimal state in Anarchy, State, and Utopia, arguing that only the protection of individual rights justifies the existence of state power.
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Robert Nozick lived from 1938 to 2002 and defended individual rights and a minimal state in Anarchy, State, and Utopia.
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Original branch of liberalism that defends natural rights, property, free markets, and a minimal state, seeing individual freedom and the strict limitation of power as the foundations of a just society.
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
Family of political theories emphasizing individual freedom and limits on coercive authority. This catalog profile represents a right-libertarian interpretation centered on private property, markets, and a minimal state; other libertarian traditions differ.
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A programmer and entrepreneur, McAfee became a radical libertarian voice, defending privacy, cryptocurrencies, individual freedom, and deep distrust of the state, taxes, and government surveillance.
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A small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
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A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
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