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In my head libertarians are the right and anarchists are the left but they are similar in ideals (little to no government intervention). At least in the sense that if you talk to a libertarian I feel they tend to sound socially right and an anarchist tends to sound socially left. I have no idea if this makes sense at all. If you're going to tell me to read more, sure, recommend some literature though.

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[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

No.

Anarchists don't believe in private property, especially government backed property rights. They are against the system of private property ownership and think ownership is a collaberative/shared process. Their stated political goal is the abolishment of private property rights. No individual can own land in a anarchist society/government.

Libertarians believe the only role of government is to protect private property and property rights. It's their fundamental premise of their entire political system, as in government is constructed solely for the purpose of protecting individual's right to their property and this is sacred. There is no legitimate government in libertarian thought unless individual private property is protected by that government.

That's the massive difference and what makes them left vs right. Where they agree is that the government shouldn't be dictating to you own you live your life or what you do with your property. They reach similar conclusions, but their premises on which they drawn those conclusions are radically different if not straight up contradictory.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

There are libertarians who believe in private property and think there should be no government though, but it's up to the individuals to enforce that.

[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

The private property thing is massive, fair point.