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Encyclopedia entry: Libertarian Party

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Libertarian Party. Founded in Colorado in 1971, the Libertarian party became a significant, if somewhat exotic, variation on late twentieth‐century antigovernment politics. Dedicated to challenging “the cult of the omnipotent state,” the party nominated its first presidential candidate in 1972 on a platform best described as antigovernment fundamentalism. Among other things, it demanded an immediate or eventual end to: mandatory taxation ; all social welfare and economic subsidies; government funding for education ; and any government restrictions on immigration , freedom of speech, drug use, and consensual sex. Later, the party proposed an end to all government regulation ...

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