You’ve reached the homepage for libertarian party (LP) of Duval county, Florida. We are a chapter of the Libertarian Party of Florida.
Libertarian chapters serve as both a nexus for running and supporting political candidates, as well as a meeting place for libertarians (including those that eschew the mainstream political process).
get involved
- meetups – including monthly social and business meetings announced via this meetup.com page
- chatroom
- facebook, aka state-sponsored privacy center
- twitter, aka state-sponsored alternative privacy center
what is libertarianism?
libertarians believe in two core principles:
- self-ownership: you, and only you, own yourself
- non-initiation of aggression: it is unjust and wrong to initiate aggression against others (aka the “non-aggression principle” or NAP)
Strong respect for private property is an extension of the above principles, as is the support of:
- right to self-defense
- support of free markets (not to be confused with “crony capitalism”) as per Austrian Economics
- free speech – as an extension of full control over ourselves & our property
- freedom of association – irrespective of gender, race, sexuality, creed, hair-color, and shoe-size as applied to any regulations including marriage
Extending the above two principles also leads libertarians to support the thorough rejection and complete abolition of:
- taxes given they constitute theft or extortion
- including abolition of the IRS
- state involvement in money
- including debt-financing and economic terror (“monetary policy”) perpetrated by the Federal Reserve system and US Treasury
- war
- funded through taxes and debt
- draft constitutes indentured servitude or slavery
- invariably involves the needless murder of innocents
- police state
- red flag laws
- murder and maiming of innocents in needless raids (including e.g. for drugs and prostitution)
- lack of accountability
- occupational licensing regulated by the state
- prosecution of victimless crimes, e.g.:
- drug use for medical or recreational purposes
- sex work involving consensual adults
- restrictions on self-defense
- abolition of the ATF (which has also been implicated in the purposeless murder and maiming of many individuals)
- government subsidies in any form – the free market is more effective for all just causes
what is the libertarian party?
- founded in 1971
- hundreds of candidates run every election cycle from city councils to presidency
- compare to the other two major parties:
- more pro-free-speech, anti-war, and anti-discrimination than the Democratic (socialist) party has ever been
- more pro-free-markets and anti-regulation than the Republican (socialist) party has ever been
- main “about” LP page:
- Official Libertarian Party platform
other like-minded local groups
chapter resources
- public google drive (gdrive.jaxlp.com) including bylaws & meeting notes
- chapter officers’ google drive (ecgdrive.jaxlp.com)- note: you can only access if you have been individually given permission
- experimental matrix chatroom