I see libertarianism as being a direction, rather than
a destination. We will never reach a point of federal
government being restricted to defending the country
and delivering the mail. However, pursuing
smaller government is necessary, and the last
I looked that was part of the conservative cause.
The gulf between conservatism and the Republican
party leads, IMO, to the bot characterization.
That is, throwing out conservative principles to
defend whatever line the Party is taking today
is the mark of unanchored partisanship.
The steel tariffs are a good example. When
criticized for this attempt to buy votes, the
hardliners defended it a being necessary to
defeat Democrats. Now that the administration
is watering down and pulling back from these price
supports the bots are hard pressed to
shift principles fast enough to keep some
sort of fig leaf in place. Don't be a bot.
Think and vote what you really believe.
That is the essence of democracy.
That is who I am. That is who we are. That is how we will survive and succeed.