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Omnilibertarian Lexicon
Perhaps this can become the "Esparanto" of libertarianism, to encourage mutual understanding among left libertarians, anarcho-capitalists, anarcho-socialists, agorists, voluntaryists, mutualist anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists, and other libertarian viewpoints.
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| Slave-speak | Free-speak |
| leader (of a government entity) | ruler |
| tax-payer | tax-serf |
| capitalism | Avoid! Ambiguous. Instead use: |
| statist kind | statist capitalism or corporatism or economic fascism or neo-mercantilism. |
| stateless kind | libertarian capitalism or free market capitalism or propertarian anarchism |
| socialism | Avoid! Ambiguous. Instead use: |
| statist kind | anti-propertarian statism or collectivist statism |
| stateless kind | anti-propertarian anarchism or anti-propertarian libertarianism |
| rent-seeking | loot-seeking |
| The Slave 'We' - E.g. Our country, our nation, our leader, we bombed ... "Support Our Troops" |
The State's claimed turf, the ruler, the ruling elites bombed ... "Condemn the Rulers' Hired Murderers" |
| "Nation" Statists like to sugar-coat "State" with friendlier names appealing to racial, ethnic, and religious characteristis ("nation") or with regional localism ("country.") |
State
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| When government does it | When anybody else does it |
| FISA/PATRIOT Act | felony wiretapping |
| enhanced interrogation | torture |
| no-knock raids | breaking and entering |
| taxation | robbery/extortion |
| arrest | kidnapping |
| indefinite detention | holding hostages |
| income/property tax | tribute; "protection" money |
| "protecting and serving"" | kidnapping and terrorizing |
| government education | government indoctrination |
| campaign promise | lie |
| campaign contribution | bribery |
| lobbying | bribery |
| defense operation | military aggression |
| military occupation | land theft and mass murder |
| peacekeeping mission | invasion |
| TSA patdown | government sexual assault |
| national security | ruler ambition |
| war | mass murder |
