Libertarian Conservatism

Libertarian Conservatism (LibCon) also known as Fusionism or Conservative Libertarianism is an economically and culturally right-wing libertarian ideology who is the son of Conservatism and  Libertarianism, pretty similar to  Paleolibertarianism, but with different views over the same topic.

It advocates for the greatest economic freedom and least possible government interference, both in the economy and social life as a whole, mirroring Classical Liberal Laissez-Faire Capitalism. It prioritizes liberty and freedom of choice and believes this will help to server conservative ends. It emphasizes the role of authority and duty in social life and conservative.

It can be seen as ideology which emphasizes the promotion of civil liberties and civil society through conservative institutions, such as the family, religion, among others, and authority, while still trying to reduce the overall coercive power and authority derivative from the state.

In this case, Libertarian Conservatism, will be be treated as any form or any kind, in general, of a mix of Libertarianism and Conservatism. This includes different movements and the ideas of different writers which may differ but still be yet a form of Libertarian Conservatism.

History
The term started to be known when a prominent contributor in the National Review, a conservative editorial, Frank Meyer, described his ideology as a fusion of Libertarian and Conservative ideals in the 50s decade. In his most influential book, In Defense of Freedom, Meyer defined freedom in what Isaiah Berlin would label "negative" terms as the minimization of the use of coercion by the state in its essential role of preventing one person's freedom from intruding upon another's.

Then, in the year 1975, former President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, in an interview with Reason, trying to appeal to Libertarian circles, declared to "believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism". Although he was later criticized by many Libertarians, including Murray Rothbard and Ron Paul, who was previously a supporter of Reagan. Ron Paul later declared being disillusioned with Reagan's administration and expressed his disgust on many policies, such as the 1981 budget bill, and apologized for supporting the former President Ronald Reagan and resigned as congressman. .

Radically influenced by Classical Liberalism and anti-interventionist policies along with anti-war instances, Rothbard, who had become the most influencial figure on US Libertarianism strongly influenced and re-shaped the Old Right movement, after his departure from the New Left which he helped to shape as well and used to build relationships with other Libertarian sectors.

Rothbard later had started to involve more and more in an alliance with the growing Paleoconservative movement, seen by many observers, between libertarian and non-libertarian circles, as flirting with racism and social reaction. Rothbard then, regarding this critiques, suggested that libertarians needed to appeal make themselves look more acceptable to socially and culturally conservative people.

It is important to note that although the Paleolibertarian movement, derived from this Libertarian-Paleoconservative alliance, is indeed a form of Libertarian Conservatism, it is not the only type of it.

After some time of this alliance with the Paleoconservative movement some Libertarians, such as Lew Rockwell or Jeffrey Tucker, started identifying with the name of Paleolibertarians, specifically a Christian wing of it. Although later Lew Rockwell. Those libertarians continued their opposition to all forms of government intervention, including cultural and social, while still upholding cultural conservatism in social thought and behavior. They opposed a licentious libertarianism which advocated "freedom from bourgeois morality, and social authority". Rockwell later stated to have dropped that self-description because people confused it with paleoconservatism which libertarians such as Rockwell rejected. Rockwell also affirmed paleoconservatives it could be seen as "reducing liberty, not increasing it, through a form of publicly subsidized right to trespass".

More recently, and still worth taking note of, we have Hoppeanism, whose ideologies forms yet another form of Libertarian Conservatism or Paleolibertarianism, whose belief in rights of property owners to establish private covenant communities, from which certain people may be excluded from. . Hoppe argued about the importance of discriminating against certain sectors of the population such as Communists, Democracy advocators or Homosexuals, who he considered high-time preferenced people. Hoppe later also became even more controversial among Libertarian circles for his advocacy on closed borders and restricted immigration and his critiques to mainstream Libertarian movements, declaring that Libertarianism should turn conservative. Hoppe also at times, and also being a controversial topic within Libertarian circles, argued the superiority of systems like Monarchism above others like Democracy.

Personality and Behaviour
Libcon is usually portrayed as a combination of Boomer behavior with Boogaloo style Libertarianism.

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Friends

 * [[File:Natlib.png]] National Libertarianism & [[File:Paleolib.png]] Paleolibertarianism - We're almost an exact ideological match.
 * [[File:Conserv.png]] Conservatism- I'm a small wing within associated parties, so he has a lot of appeal to me.
 * [[File:Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - Says sometimes I betray his principles by compromising with Conservatism. Still based.
 * [[File:Conlib.png]] Conservative Liberalism - Good brother of mine! Slightly more statist but alike otherwise!

Frenemies

 * [[File:Hoppef.png]] Hoppeanism - Basically a more extreme version of me and Paleolib, sorta based but quite racist.

Enemies

 * [[File:Statlib.png]] State Liberalism - My opposite.

Wikipedia

 * Libertarian Conservatism
 * Ron Paul
 * Political positions of Ron Paul
 * Rand Paul
 * Political positions of Rand Paul
 * Frank Meyer
 * Fusionism
 * Tea Party movement

Literature

 * The Conservatarian Manifesto