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I\u2019m very sympathetic to libertarian thought, and have been for years. However, I don\u2019t classify myself as a libertarian for various reasons.\n\nNevertheless, what is libertarianism?\n\nEssentially, it\u2019s a political philosophy advocating:\n\nmaximising individual freedom;\n\nminimising the role of the state;\n\nand the belief in free will.\n\nI have some conflict with the first bullet, but the third bullet is the one that gets me. I am on the fence about free will. \n\nCould it be that free will is largely an illusion and that a lot of our decisions are made based on factors beyond our control, as noted by thinkers such as Scott Adams and Steven Pinker?\n\nI don\u2019t know.\n\nMartin van Staden, from the Free Market Foundation, chatted to me about all of this. Watch the video