Minarchist

The most common form of libertarian, this is someone who believes in government at it's absolute minimum, generally taken to mean a government that suppress crime (defined as force and fraud) and foreign invasion. In the eyes of a minarchist, all government functions are negative, and there is no social engineering whatsoever.

See also Constitutionalist, Night Watchman State and Voluntary Society.

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