[Gene Eric]

Of course you're free to invent definitions, but the following are from the New Oxford American dictionary:

statism: a political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs.

libertarianism: an extreme laissez-faire political philosophy advocating only minimal state intervention in the lives of citizens.

The two oppose each other as I mentioned in my previous post. And the real evil IS on the end statism end whether or not you choose to acknowledge that.

I value Free Republic's attitude about facts. Let's keep it that way, and not conflate the Libertarian Party's agenda with the true meaning of the word?

[ansel12]

Here is the leftists agenda hidden behind the Libertarian Party curtain.

Libertarian Party Platform:

Throw open the borders completely; only a rare individual (terrorist, disease carrier etc.) can be kept from freedom of movement through “political boundaries”.

Homosexuals; total freedom in the military, gay marriage, adoption, child custody and everything else.

Abortion; zero restrictions or impediments.

Pornography; no restraint, no restrictions.

Drugs; Meth, Heroin, Crack, and anything new that science can come up with, zero restrictions.

Advertising those drugs, prostitution, and pornography; zero restrictions.

Military Strength; minimal capabilities.

[ansel12]

Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy.

Then stop doing it.

[Wpin]

The facts are...libertarianism makes the same mistake that those statist forms of government make. They replace God’s law with human reasoning and consequently we can expect the same results should they ever achieve power.