It's weird how so many on economic far-right glorify greed, yet are devote and manage to reconcile it with Christian doctrine. Perhaps it's a boolean good/evil world view that marries the two.
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I think it is a uniquely American by-product. The underlying idealism of freedom for the individual blended with Christianity.
I want to like Libertarianism as much as I want to like Socialism. The thing that gets in the way is that we are inherently sinful people who don't act in the interests of others
If you're interested in this topic, read The Makers and the Takers. It's a very short book about how Jesus addressed economic oppression in the gospels. Super good stuff.