On the "Libertarian" label

Seeing as our leader Mr Mounsey has been on the television program Big Questions, a post about terminology is peculiarly useful and this video is timely. I imagine some viewers were new to the word, hopefully some of them have found their way here.

A definition of the term appears on the Party website, which is as follows:

Libertarians believe in individual liberty, personal responsibility, and freedom from government— on all issues at all times. We don't say government is too big in one area, but then in another area push for a law to force people to do what we want. We believe in individual liberty, personal responsibility, and freedom from government — on all issues at all times

This video, filmed at the Oxford Libertarian Society, advocates the label "Individualism" for what this member would have thought of as Libertarianism and knowing that the individual is sovereign in Libertarian thinking is the first thing to understand.

The 43 minute video will tell the attentive viewer exactly what Libertarianism is not which is always of use, and it puts the term into context alongside related terms such as "liberal" and "conservative", which will be more familiar.

Stephen Davies - Time to Revive ‘Individualism’? from oxford libertarian on Vimeo.

I must stress, the party is called the "Libertarian Party" not the "Individualism Party". The obscure label "individualism" is not popular as far as I know, but perhaps more members will comment as to the applicability of it.