WADR, I think you completely missed the point.
My takeaway is this, which I have found to be 100% true: Most people who go around calling themselves "libertarians" are usually just FOS right wingers who selectively practice cafeteria libertarianism. Meaning "keep your government hands off of ME, because I'm a law abiding, boot-strapping, self-sufficient REAL AMURRICAN ... and quit telling me I've got to pay taxes to give "free stuff" to "them over there" (if you're a dog you can hear the whistle). And while you're at it, those people (again the dog's ears perk up) over there are violent criminals so make sure you keep them in line and throw them in jail when they cross it..." types. They pretty much ARE authoritarians who view themselves as the ruling class, but are fine with the government ruling the "others" by force.
That's how you get "libertarians" who get all indignant over the ObamaCare mandate, over welfare programs, over gun laws, or over anti-discrimination laws (anything that costs them and benefits others). But then, oddly enough, these "libertarians" back the police force every time there is some black kid who gets his head beaten in or shot; back the military industrial complex; favor building a wall across Mexico; or favor someone like Joe Arpaio rounding people up and putting them in detention camps.
Like I said, see it every day here and elsewhere.
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Posted: 09/20/2017 at 1:37PM