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Just my two cents, but according to the Libertarian Party in my country (of which I'm not a member) there are two kinds of freedom: personal and economic. Apparently libertarians advocate both kinds of freedom. Liberals in the U.S. seem to advocate personal liberties but not economic liberties, while conservatives seem the other way around. I know it's a propagandistic simplification, but for me it made the whole thing much clearer.
Now, the majority of people in my country consider the libertarians a far-right party, as proponents of a vision of small government, low taxes, low requirements for private enterprise, etc. Also, they are very pro-homosexual rights, pro-gambling... every personal liberty you can imagine.
Hard to classify in the U.S. conservative/liberal sense, eh?
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