Libertarian left

The libertarian left pairs a more egalitarian economy, with redistribution, commons or collective ownership, with maximum freedom in personal decisions. It distrusts large fortunes and centralized power alike: it wants people to decide about their work, their body and their community without either the market or the state ruling for them.

On the economy

More intervention or common ownership in the economy.

On personal freedoms

Maximum freedom in personal and civil matters.

Values it usually shares

Material equality and less inequality
Personal autonomy and broad civil liberties
Decentralization and direct democracy at the local level
Voluntary cooperation: co-ops, unions and community networks

Associated currents

Social anarchism and anarcho-syndicalism
Libertarian and council socialism
Cooperativism and the solidarity economy
Social ecology and municipalism

Its lean on the 12 dimensions

This is the region's typical tendency along the test's two axes, not a rule: each person combines different positions on each topic.

Freedom of Movement & Migration Toward more freedom
Fiscal & Tax Policy Toward more control
Free Speech & Press Toward more freedom
International Trade Toward more control
Privacy & State Surveillance Toward more freedom
Property Rights & Contracts Toward more control
Freedom of Religion & Conscience Toward more freedom
Financial & Monetary System Toward more control
Civil Rights & Lifestyle Choices Toward more freedom
Labor & Market Regulation Toward more control
Criminal Justice & Due Process Toward more freedom
Government Spending & Subsidies Toward more control

Nuances

Inside this region views differ a lot on how much state is needed to sustain equality: some currents want to abolish it and others only to limit and democratize it.

Common criticisms

From the right it is argued that broad redistribution holds back investment and initiative; from the order side, that without a central authority it is hard to coordinate services and guarantee security.

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