I know I could have probably looked this up with a search engine but its more fun to hear what the good people of lemmy have to say

  • kat@lemmy.blehiscool.com
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    A more neutral way to put it is that libertarianism and anarchism both value individual freedom, but differ on the role of the state.

    Libertarians generally want a minimal state (for things like courts, police, national defense), while anarchists want to eliminate the state entirely.

    There are also different kinds of anarchists—some are anti-capitalist, while others (like anarcho-capitalists) overlap more with libertarian ideas.