[DWPittelli]

Most Libertarians... are cultural extreme Liberals, geopolitically naive, and marginally Rightist on economic and governing matters

I agree with you that most libertarians are culturally "liberals" and many (especially the large-"L" Libertarians, and those at LewRockwell) are geopolitically naive, but it's grossly innaccurate to say that libertarians are "marginally Rightist on economic and governing matters." Libertarians do really believe in getting rid of 80% to 90% of government.

I, like I think most libertarians, believe that the only important functions of the federal government are maintaining the military and the criminal justice system (and a smaller criminal justice system at that, that leaves most such work to the states). Those 2 functions should amount to maybe 98% of federal expenditures and employees.

Libertarians do disagree on whether the current armed forces are of a suitable size (as I do), or whether we should become more isolationist and cut the armed forces as well. That question makes the difference between cutting total federal expenditures by about 75%-80%, or by 90%-95%.

[GOP_1900AD]

We agree on many, but not all, things. Another area of discord is the level of regard for the geopolitical dimension of economic policy. Many (but not all) Libertarians have no problem with US corporations moving investments from the US to the PRC. Nor are they worried about the technological boost (especially vis a vis transfer of knowledge regarding advanced quality techniques) to the PRC due to all this. This is where we disagree vehemently. As a true Rightist, I believe that for capitalism to thrive and not be conquered by barbarians, Communists, and anti-Western forces, there must be a strong protective stratum that even the most wealthy capitalists must subordinate themselves to. Shop keeping will never abolish geopolitics, and Thomas L. Friedman and Francis Fukuyama can eat my shorts.