Pablo22510 wrote:
Dude, maybe your country has a great distorted version of liberals and libertarians, but they're pretty much the same thing.
Liberalism: a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual,parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification ofpolitical, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricteddevelopment in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmentalguarantees of individual rights and civil liberties. [Notice the "freedom of the individual" bit. Meaning government doesn't interfere in the person's everyday life much, therefore small government.]
Libertarian: a person who advocates liberty of the individual. [Pretty much the same thing]
Definitions by dictionary.com
Liberalism are a center left ideal, Libertarianism is an extreme right ideal
You think clegg, supports the government doing 3 things, security, defense and justice?
If Socialists understood Economics, they wouldn't be socialists
-Friedrich von Haye