anti-libertarians
Favor government control
Anti-libertarians are people who oppose libertarianism—the political philosophy emphasizing individual liberty, minimal government, and free markets.
The term covers a wide spectrum, from progressives who favor stronger social programs to conservatives who prioritize collective moral order over individual autonomy: Anti-libertarians argue that unregulated markets create inequality and exploitation.
Pressured compliance through threats
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- overreachExceed one's capacity
paternalism · censorship · surveillance · control · restrictions · compulsion · collectivism · tyranny
Advocates for government authority
- collectivistsGroup-priority ideology adherents
- authoritariansRulers demanding total compliance
- communitariansAdvocates for shared social bonds
- socialistsAdvocates of shared ownership
progressives · paternalists · interventionists · regulators · centralists · egalitarians · planners · technocrats
Philosophy prioritizing collective bonds
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- common-goodBenefit shared by all
- solidarityUnity among allies
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
obligation · egalitarianism · welfarism · perfectionism · republicanism · Rousseau · Marx · Hobbes
Unregulated private exchange
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- HayekAustrian free-market economist
- NAPNetwork interconnection point
- privatizationState sells public assets
laissez-faire · individualism · voluntarism · self-ownership · anarcho-capitalism · Koch · objectivism
coercion
Pressured compliance through threats
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
overreach · paternalism · censorship · surveillance · control · restrictions · compulsion · collectivism · tyranny · oppression
statists
Advocates for government authority
- collectivistsGroup-priority ideology adherents
- authoritariansRulers demanding total compliance
- communitariansAdvocates for shared social bonds
socialists · progressives · paternalists · interventionists · regulators · centralists · egalitarians · planners · technocrats · bureaucrats
communitarianism
Philosophy prioritizing collective bonds
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- common-goodBenefit shared by all
- solidarityUnity among allies
interdependence · obligation · egalitarianism · welfarism · perfectionism · republicanism · Rousseau · Marx · Hobbes · consequentialism
free-market
Unregulated private exchange
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- HayekAustrian free-market economist
- NAPNetwork interconnection point
privatization · laissez-faire · individualism · voluntarism · self-ownership · anarcho-capitalism · Koch · objectivism
anti-libertarianslibertarians
Advocates of minimal governance
anarcho-capitalists · Ayn Rand · Ron Paul · Milton Friedman · objectivists
anti-libertariansindividualists
Those prioritizing personal independence