The author makes some broad generalizations about ‘libertarians’ that just are not true. Not all libertarians are the same. Rothbard is not Stoessel. Stoessel is not Friedman. Friedman is not me. libertarians tend to be individualists. On principle many refuse to admit that anyone else agrees with them. Of course, that is why we seldom win.
And then there are those who are not libertarian but use the label for their personal agenda. For a while those seeking to legalize drugs were li bertarian on that issue only but claimed to be libertarian. The same is true of some on the war, or whatever is their personal agenda.
What pure libertarianism, regardless of stripe, fails to recognize is that the constitution supports a mixed economy. It supports a socialist post office, socialist military, etc. It also supports some corporatist/ mercantilist things. And many capitalist things. In every socialist country there is some capitalism..and a lot of corporatism.
libertarians need to recognize that the practic question is this:
Given where we are at this point in timne, what should become more capitalist? What should become more socialist? What should become more corporatist?
The winning answer is that libertarians should focus on opposing corporatism. That is destroying our country, and our freedoms, more than socialism.
But at the same time, why not sell off some assets of the Federal Government. Sell of the Post Office in whole or in part. Technology has made its need quite different from colonial days. Sell of Federal realestate, both in cities and in western states. Let timber companies, cattle ranchers, mining companies buy land out west. Reduce the scope of government and maybe the debt. Mitt should know how to break it up and sell it off. Right?
Actually, he is making very specific accusations about specific people based on first-hand knowledge.
Why not do these reasonable things. Because half the country are traitors the the other half are busy calling each other names.