[BrianEatWorld]

Not that I disagree with your sentiment, but your own concept of Libertarianism seems to be similarly pre-digested as it reflects, not the core beliefs, but the political movement as portrayed by the linear spectrum of news outlets, not the true circular spectrum of political beliefs.

It also is not an solely American ideology as concepts such as the flat tax and equality before the law can be seen in the Leveller Movement of 17th Century Britain. http://www.levellers.org/lev.htm