In some ways you are correct. I wouldn't say I am libertarian, though. I flirted with that stuff when I was younger, but that's not really my thought process. I would say I am radically anti-federalism.
In short, I think federalism is a flop. Federalism tries to have it both ways. It wants to dance with the Devil and not get burned, and in the end, I don't think it succeeded.
But that's academic. As I say on my profile, when you are as extreme as I am, it's impossible not to compromise. Which simply means that in the real world, I have to set some of my notions aside and deal with the world as I find it, in a pragmatic way. Otherwise I'd just never engage in the process at all.
So while some folks look for a "true" conservative because they don't want to compromise on principle, for me, EVERY political choice is a compromise on principle, because everyone in politics wants bigger government than I do.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
The problem that the left has is that they don’t recognize the fact that the government is populated by people of like flaw - they are not angels either, so they must be severely limited in what they do.