Back in the 20-teens I got so sick of every 'indoor cat' libertarian parroting how their party was "rugged individuals" gimme a break.. Libertarianism worked 250yrs ago when we were sparcely populated with settlements on the East shore. Try it with a 320m population & we'd collapse worse than now.
Some of the Libertarians I interviewed 10 years ago--were closet tyrants who wanted to become a warlord of a fortified compound with a brothel of slaves and servants.
and the pattern of seeking to restore a master-slave relationship seemed rather endemic among the other Libertarians I've encountered, whether it was through the servitude of AI robots to coddle their lazy, unproductive future selves--or some other similar manifestation
So I got the sense that Libertarianism was a front for something sketchy. Not to mention the disproportionate number of Libertarians that joke about how they know the age of consent in several states...
I'd be happy to be disabused of my impression--once a sterling example of a Libertarian presents itself. Because I like having a more cheerful opinion of human beings
Their racists. I used to know the Matt who ran the fb page 'punk rock libertarians' (never mind libertarianism is the antithesis pf true punk). A bunch of spoiled racist white boy douchebags that can't sleep at night know some hungry black kids are eating with $50 a yr taken out of their check for
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safety net programs. They literally want to cut all the safety net programs and starve black ppl to death. So they can use the extra $70 a year to buy that yacht they've always had their eye on.
That was my impression, too.
I suspect that both of you are absolutely right.
Tbclr not every single one is racist (to appease any trolls that might Kool Aid man in). Just the vast vast majority of them. For cripes sake 2 of the leaders got caught on a hot mic last yr at their convention making racist remarks. Also, that convention, what a shit show.
Gotta add. IF they were true libertarians, they would have voted HARRIS. Purely on the fact that compared to P2025 she clearly represented LESS government in their lives. Dumb af on their part not to stop djt. Their a cosplay party no real idealism. Ayn Rand was a shitty writer & she died on welfare
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It's interesting that you mention her poor writing skill. In contrast, Norman Mailer, a leftist and a psychopath, said he'd rather read traitor (Nazi propagandist) Ezra Pound than read any member of the all-leftist Hollywood Ten, simply because he was a better writer.
Libertarians were bought out in '73 by the Koch bros. They took it over with the express intention of getting Liberals to waste a vote on that stupid shit so republicans had a better chance of winning.