minarchism

What is a Minarchist? A Minarchist is someone who believes that the state should only exist for the purpose of maintaining law and order. Minarchism is a Libertarian political philosophy where the state’s only function is protecting individuals from theft, breach of contract, fraud, and...

Thoughts?

I participate in a bi-weekly discussion group and I've been trying to find an article or video that cover the wide spectrum of potential forms of government - from anarchy, to limited govt minarchism, to the various flavors of statism - welfare state, corporatist state, socialist state...

What does RPF think? Is Boromir the epitomy of Minarchism, or what?

IT seems to me that the minarchist position on the view of government is inconsistent. Why is one form of government intervention ok and not Another? Where does one draw the line at what government is supposed to do and what it shouldn't do? Minarchism seems to have turned into "I hate when...

So Ive been reading and browsing the forums over at the Ludwig von Mises institute recently. Despite that its named after a Minarchist Libertarian not an Anarcho Capitalist, the general vibe im getting from there forums and even some of there newsletters is an Anarchist tone. Im a staunch...

For all minarchists and limited government folk on the forum. http://www.isil.org/ayn-rand/childs-open-letter.html

http://mises.org/Community/forums/t/8184.aspx?PageIndex=1

Why the mad face? :) Welcome to the forums by the way.

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Minarchism In civics, minarchism, sometimes called minimal statism, small government, or limited-government libertarianism, is the belief that the only role of the government is to protect individuals from coercion and violence. They believe that a state is necessary, but should be minimal...