I consider myself a libertarian-nationalist, but the Libertarian party are a bunch of fools who don’t understand you need a strong nation to have liberty. They are for open borders and almost no military. I joined for a while in the 90s and they seem to be more concerned with absolute ideological purity and collecting members’ dues than actually getting things done. Waste of time.
But hey, go ahead and send them your 35 bucks or whatever they are asking for now.
I haven't given dues to, or been to a meeting of, the Libertarian Party since just after 9/11 when I saw the schism building between those in the Libertarian Party that saw attacks by Islam as initiation of force (thus requiring a principled libertarian response), and those that thought the use of force by Islam was retaliation for transgressions by the the US (Paulists, etc.). I will not support those LP pacifists ever again.A co-worker and friend of mine observed that we were both Nationalist libertarians and I had to agree. But I have called myself a traditional Goldwater libertarian objectivist Republican.
You echo my sentiments entirely. Only thing different for me is I was a member in the early 80’s. I dropped them when I realized they really had no strategy to win or take office.