Greetings SaraJohnson:
Great point. But this isn’t a “big L” libertarian issue simply because a handfull of Progressives have sized and redefined the “libertarian” word. Progressives also siezed and redefined the classical “liberal” and “gay” words for modern language use in its antonym form too.
Substitute the word “constitutionalist” for “libertarian” upon the graphic if you choose. The entire point of the post being the band of unjust Fabian Socialists dishonoring the constitutional conservative limitations of government power, because “only they know” what’s best for us. Meanwhile, us as sovereign individuals in our republic government are reduced to subjects.
Getting back to the chart. One can hardly argue that GH Bush, GW Bush, and wannabes R Dole, J McCain, or now W Romney are limited government conservatives. In fact, one can argue that every GOP President candidate since Reagan is big government progressive. Unfortunately, when contrasted against statists like Clinton, Gore, Kerry and Obama, the GOP are “relatively” conservative and liberty oriented.
Cheers,
OLA
Getting back to the chart. One can hardly argue that GH Bush, GW Bush, and wannabes R Dole, J McCain, or now W Romney are limited government conservatives.
Libertarians are not American-American constitutionalists. They are amoral, anti-ethical social Marxists who want to keep the money they steal w/o oversight and examination of the morality/honesty of their business behavior and practices. (Think, banksters.)
Frankly, many wealthy libertarians are psychopaths. They have all the power of money and range from a void in ethics to being downright dark and dangerous to human life and freedom. They often measure themselves not by the content of their character, but by the wealth they have accumlated and have contempt for those who they see as not as “smart” as themselves. The libertarian combination of anti-moral social Marxism and economic freedom is ugly to behold among the elite.