Hey dear freedom lovers

The other day I was thinking about my journey of becoming a libertarian and would like to share my thoughts with you. To start with the reason: It was minimalism. Let me explain.

Ever since I was a child, I have had the habit of collecting my possessions around me, organising them and occupying myself with them. In the beginning, I wanted to have as much as possible and hoard everything around me in my small "kingdom". Over time, I realised that this was a very tedious task. At the latest when my parents admonished me to finally tidy up my things, I clearly felt the burden of owning so many things.

As a reaction to this, I decided to give away everything I didn't really need. Everything that I wouldn't use very often or that I had a particularly strong emotional attachment to, I cleared out with my parents about once a year and took it to a collection centre.

This ritual has accompanied me through my life ever since and is by far no longer limited to real objects. It is now much more about software tools, ideologies or even political principles. The latter raises the question for me: What does it really take for a society to function well? What is the core, what is the essence that is sufficient to enable everyone to live the best possible life?

For me, the answer is clear: if everyone has the absolute freedom to do with their lives what they think is right without interfering with the freedom of others, then the prerequisites for a good life together are given. Everything else can be deduced from this and can safely go to the collection centre.