Libertarianismo nos Estados Unidos

O libertarianismo nos Estados Unidos é uma filosofia política e econômica que promove a liberdade individual.[1][2][3][4][5] O libertarianismo americano tem sido descrito como conservador em questões econômicas e liberal nas esferas pessoal e cultural,[6] frequentemente associado a uma política externa de não-intervencionismo.[7]

Ron Paul, ícone do liberalismo do século XXI nos Estados Unidos.

De forma geral, a corrente libertarista americana é dividida em duas vertentes principais. De um lado, há a linha desenvolvida pelo autor anarcocapitalista Murray Rothbard, baseada no libertarianismo do século 19 e anarquismo individualista americano, com destaque para as vertentes de Benjamin Tucker e Lysander Spooner. Essa vertente rejeita a teoria do valor-trabalho em favor da escola austríaca e da teoria subjetiva do valor. Do outro, há o libertarianismo que se desenvolveu como um renascimento do liberalismo clássico nos Estados Unidos depois da associação ao New Deal,[8][carece de fonte melhor][9][carece de fonte melhor] que tem como adeptos políticos como David Nolan[10] e Ron Paul.[11]

Embora libertário continue sendo amplamente utilizado para se referir a socialistas antiestatais internacionalmente,[12][13][14][15][16][excesso de citações] seu significado nos Estados Unidos se desvia de suas origens políticas em direção ao sentido oposto do espectro político.[17][18][19][excesso de citações][20][21][carece de fonte melhor] O Partido Libertário afirma que "os libertários apoiam a liberdade máxima em questões pessoais e econômicas. Eles defendem um governo muito menor; um que se limita a proteger os indivíduos da coerção e da violência. Os libertários tendem a abraçar a responsabilidade individual, opor-se à burocracia e aos impostos do governo, promover a caridade privada, tolerar estilos de vida diversos, apoiar o livre mercado e defender as liberdades civis".[22][23]

O libertarianismo de direita associado a pessoas como Murray Rothbard e Robert Nozick,[18][24][25] é a forma dominante do libertarianismo nos Estados Unidos, em comparação com o do libertarianismo de esquerda .[26] Este último está associado à esquerda do movimento libertário moderno[27] e, mais recentemente, às posições políticas associadas aos filósofos acadêmicos Hillel Steiner, Philippe Van Parijs e Peter Vallentyne, que combinam autopropriedade com uma abordagem igualitária aos recursos naturais . Também está relacionado às vertentes anarquistas anticapitalistas de livre mercado, como o anarquismo de mercado de esquerda,[28][29][carece de fonte melhor] conhecido como libertarianismo de esquerda orientado para o mercado, para se distinguir de outras formas de libertarianismo.[30] O libertarianismo inclui tendências socialistas anarquistas e libertárias, embora não sejam tão difundidas quanto em outros países. Murray Bookchin,[12][excesso de citações] um libertário dentro dessa tradição socialista, argumentou que anarquistas, socialistas libertários e a esquerda deveriam reivindicar libertários como um termo, sugerindo que esses outros libertários autodeclarados renomeiem a si mesmos como propertários .[20][21][carece de fonte melhor] Embora todos os libertários se oponham à intervenção do governo, há uma divisão entre os libertários anarquistas ou socialistas, bem como os anarcocapitalistas como Rothbard e David D. Friedman, que aderem à posição antiestado, vendo o estado como um mal desnecessário; minarquistas como Nozick, que reconhecem a necessidade necessária de um estado mínimo, geralmente chamado de estado de vigia noturno ;[19] e liberais clássicos que apóiam um governo pequeno e minimizado[31][32][33] e uma grande inversão do estado de bem - estar social .[34]

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