Blog glossary

I saw a term today that I didn't understand. In fact, it was a word I had never read before. I Googled the term to see if I could get some enlightenment and came up with samizdata.net and a long list of terms familiar to the world of blogging. My word was "minarchist." According to this glossary, minarchist means:

noun. Derived from anarchist. An advocate of minimal government, often described as the night watchman state, in which the state exist legitimately only to enable appropriate law and order and to deal with collective territorial defense.

Such as state can exist to reinforce the liberty of individuals but not to 'do things' and is therefore a largely 'apolitical polity' guarding the boundaries of civil society.

Some minarchists view this as a transitional state leading inevitably to completely stateless anarcho-capitalism, whilst others see minarchy as a stable end point.

Whilst this is not a blog specific term, it is often used on 'pundit blogs', many of which are libertarian, hence its inclusion here.

This glossary is by no means complete, but it is a really good starting point if you want to get up to speed on blogger terminology.

Comments

[John Linna]

What if you don't want to come up to speed. Who envents these terms anyway?

[Pal2Pal (Sara)]

Hmmmm, I guess you can join me in my own ignorance of some of these words. Just don't drive in the passing lane.

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