Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

Many libertarians are closet conservatives. They pretend to be socially and fiscally open, but in practice they aggressively simp for social conservative dictators when given the chance. Their entire vibe changes and becomes more obviously conservative sometimes after lost elections.

That's a reason why they have limited support to begin with; a lot of people that might otherwise support their views kind of sense this vibe ahead of time and then it indeed plays out in practice.
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d4e3fe12... 1y ago

Many libertarians are socially conservative in their private lives. The more overtly insane western society becomes in the leftward direction the more even mildly socially conservative people feel threatened and the more defensive they become, and when pushed enough many resort to offense as the last defense. Perfectly rational.

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Numerius Sicinius Mauricius 1y ago

Perfectly understandable human reaction, but still an abandonment of libertarian values. If libertarians want to be conservative in there personal lives, that's fine, but if they try to force that on others, they are not enacting libertarian values in that instance. The whole point is that so long as they don't violate other people's rights, people should be able to live as they see fit, and should accept the natural consequences of their life choices, whatever they may be. If you want to live a traditional lifestyle, cool, good luck with that. If you want to live an experimental lifestyle, cool, good luck with that.