Asked and answered
A few reasons. Liberty minded people have shit to do and don’t run for office or show up at rallies. The rest of the country likes its entitlements.
And, honestly, most people are what I jokingly call libertarian-fascists. That is, they think they can do what they want but you should do what they say. After all, they know better and wouldn’t do any of that stupid stuff they want to keep you from doing.
October 21st, 2010 at 9:58 am
Describes my wife, almost to a ‘T’ – she calls her self a libertarian socialist!
October 21st, 2010 at 1:34 pm
All fascists crave power for themselves, and liberty is the power of self-determination, so I don’t see the distinction. Similarly, fascism and socialism are functionally identical. Slavery is slavery, the name is irrelevant.
October 21st, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Most of the ‘pro-freedom’ types only really care about their freedom. The problem is that doesn’t get you to a free society. To get that you need large number of people who want others to be free. And that’s a tiny tiny minority or the population.
October 22nd, 2010 at 5:03 pm
“…they know better and wouldn’t do any of that stupid stuff they want to keep you from doing.”
Naw, that’s just a run-of-the-mill Fascist. They all think like that.
October 22nd, 2010 at 5:06 pm
“Libertarian Fascist” is an oxymoron, sort of like “Teetotalist-Drunkard”.