What is a Libertarian?

The definition it originally was came from the founding fathers of the United States which went something like this. 

"America is a land of opportunity so you can come here and make a success of yourself or you can make a mistake and die or you can drink yourself or drug yourself to death. But, mostly being a Libertarian means you have the opportunity to become successful and have a great life which you might not be able to anywhere else on earth have this kind of Freedom".

This is what it originally meant and this is the kind of philosophy I was taught by my father and grandfather growing up. 

BUT, when people say that Libertarian now is being a Republican I disagree completely because you  can easily have Libertarian views as a Republican, an Independent or as a Democrat because it is mostly a philosophy of life where you believe people basically have the freedom to have an amazing life through the opportunities here for success or they can go kill themselves or drink themselves to death or drug themselves to death as everything is their responsibility whether they live or die at each and every point.

However, there is one caveat to all this. You can succeed or fail at anything as long as no harm is done to other people. This is the caveat to all this as a Libertarian according to the founding fathers of this nation.

So, in some ways: a Libertarian point of view is very close to the law of the Jungle and natural selection.

But, logically before Socialism this all made a lot of sense.

But, when you bring socialism into the equation often you wind up with people who are no longer adults and no longer take ANY responsibilities at all for any of their actions so the problem with socialism is no one takes responsibility for ANYTHING they do ever.

But, it's also true it isn't 1776 anymore. However, I'm trying to give you an idea of how this point of view began in the 1600s and 1700s here in the U.S. and you can see it's quite logical for that time period.