HeavenlyPossumPeople like Peter Thiel are #libertarian in the sense that they want the liberty to do whatever they want to you without censure or consequence.
Once you understand that right libertarians advocate for their own freedom to dominate others, and not for freedom generally, their overlap with outright Nazis makes a lot more sense than their rhetoric about liberty would seem at first glance.
Bob K Mertz 
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I think it's also important to note that this isn't all libertarians. I think it's highly possible that the right legitimately saw libertarians as a threat and their goal was to muddy the waters in order to create a stigma around the party. They've done just that and it's sad because the fundamentals of the party genuinely do match values of many voters that feel stuck with the lesser of two evils.
I think it's also important to note that this isn't all libertarians. I think it's highly possible that the right legitimately saw libertarians as a threat and their goal was to muddy the waters in order to create a stigma around the party. They've done just that and it's sad because the fundamentals of the party genuinely do match values of many voters that feel stuck with the lesser of two evils.
It’s worth asking why the libertarian party was so readily “coopted” by fascists if their fundamentals were so different from those of the fascists.
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The same can be asked of the Republican and Democrat parties at points in their history as well. Hell, it can be asked of America in general.
We're at a point now where we stereotype everyone based on a party. People are far more unique than 2 or 3 set demographics. The problem is FAR deeper than any single problem. Even the current Republican party isn't the root problem but, rather, a symptom.
The Democratic and Republican parties are simply parties of the capital class. So are the libertarians; they simply pretended they cared about liberty in any substantive way.