Talk:Libertarian

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Disambiguate?

Should we have a disambiguation page for libertarianism? A person could come to "libertarian" looking for three different things 1) political party
2) political ideology
3) non-political philosophy--this is at the end of libertarianism

Chile and Libertarianism

It was mentioned in the article that "libertarian economic theory" was implemented in Chile. It is true that the "Chicago Boys" went to Chile and spoke to Pinochet, and that Pinochet then did implement some small parts of libertarian economic policiy (i.e. more choice in pension plans, some choice in education), but Chile never implemented "libertarian economic theory". If they did want to point to some good examples they could have used the United States from 1787 to (maybe) the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank in the early 20th century. Of course, this was mostly for White Male Land-Owners. Another good example would have been Hong Kong from the 1970's to its handover to China in the late 1990's. Neither of these are perfect examples, but they are the closest any nation has come to a free-market.

Milton Freidman?

Since when was the man who invented withholding tax and the Negative Income Tax a libertarian?

Oh well this kinda crap fits in well in this god forsaken wiki.

Oh and by the way, There is only one type of libertarian and he follows the Austraian school of economics.

Edit request from Darkstar1st, 14 June 2011

i propose a disambig in place of the current redirect. the other major political parties Democrat, and Republican, have a disambig. It was proposed here on, 9 November 2002 by AdamRetchless with no objections in discussion since. Darkstar1st (talk) 08:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Libertarian may refer to:

• A proponent of Libertarianism, a political philosophy that upholds individual liberty, especially freedom of expression and action.
• A member of a libertarian political party; including:
  • Libertarian Party (United States)
  • Libertarian Party of (Canada)
  • List of Libertarian Parties

{{disambig}}

Darkstar1st (talk) 08:17, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Agree, except I think you mean democratic party, not Democratic Party, and wouldn't libertarian party be better than both? North8000 (talk) 11:00, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

I changed it; please don't hesitate to revert me if you disagree. North8000 (talk) 11:02, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Whatever you two decide on. I've unprotected it for now so go ahead. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:52, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

• Based upon Wikipedia:Disambiguation, it would make more sense for Libertarian Party to be a disambiguation page (oh, look, it already is), because there is more than one organization in the world that is known by this name. This page, however, is not really disambiguating different things called "Libertarian"; it is defining a general category that is known by this name, and then giving examples (but not a complete list) of the members of that category. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

While it may need more entries, it's providing navigation for the varied things that people are looking for / consider to be Libertarian. North8000 (talk) 21:38, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

• In that case, please help WP:FIXDABLINKS. There are only about 930 other Wikipedia articles that contain links to "Libertarian", all of which now need to be fixed. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 00:58, 15 June 2011 (UTC)