A "true libertarian"? If you're using the word correctly and referring to the traditional anti authoritarian left then I'd say yes. If you're misusing the word like most Americans and referring to the extremists on the far right who believe that government should be demolished so that private industry can take it's place I'd say no... We call those people fascists.
There seems to be some confusion on these boards as to what Libertarian means. Fascist? Really?
http://www.theihs.org/what-libertarian
According to The Machinery of Freedom by David Friedman, Open Court Publishing Company, 1973.The central idea of libertarianism is that people should be permitted to run their own lives as they wish.
According to Libertarianism: A Primer by David Boaz, Free Press, 1997. Libertarianism is the view that each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others. Libertarians defend each person's right to life, liberty, and property-rights that people have naturally, before governments are created. In the libertarian view, all human relationships should be voluntary; the only actions that should be forbidden by law are those that involve the initiation of force against those who have not themselves used force-actions like murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and fraud.
According to Funk and Wagnall's Dictionarylib-er-tar-i-an, n. 1. a person who advocates liberty, esp. with regard to thought or conduct.... advocating liberty or conforming to principles of liberty.
According to American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000.NOUN: 1. One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state.
The Challenge of Democracy (6th edition), by Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey Berry, and Jerry Goldman
Liberals favor government action to promote equality, whereas conservatives favor government action to promote order. Libertarians favor freedom and oppose government action to promote either equality or order.
I read these definitions and wonder why everyone isn't one. Fascist?
