Libertarians always claim the high ground. “We are independent. We love liberty.”
But, they always have an affinity for the lefty side of the equation. Over the past 20 years, I bet Libertarians have voted Democrat 90% of the time while claiming all the while that they are strictly impartial. Well, la dee dah.
You know the identity of a libertarian is difficult. That is because Statist impulses exist on both the left and the right. On the right, law and order republicans demand tougher laws and penalties, demand a zero risk environment, a highly controlled and predictable society, and will demand that at the point of a gun (a police officer). The lefty statists want a strong aggressive government to carry out their wacky and misguided aims, again, at the point of a gun. So where does that leave your basic libertarian? He does not not want to transfer risk to others, but rather to assume risk in return for freedom. So who is on his side?
Maybe the Libertarians you hang out with are deformed in some way.
My experience differs greatly.
“Libertarians always claim the high ground. “We are independent. We love liberty.”
But, they always have an affinity for the lefty side of the equation. Over the past 20 years, I bet Libertarians have voted Democrat 90% of the time while claiming all the while that they are strictly impartial. Well, la dee dah.”
I always vote for someone who is fiscally conservative and a defender of the Constitution. So I have never voted for a democrat.