The funny thing is that “ libertarian-but-actually-diet-republican” to me means almost the opposite of what this redditor is using it for. I picture the type that infests the current Libertarian party, and uses his libertarianism as an excuse to not enforce the border or rein in leftist corporations or even wield any government power to do anything useful at all.
Those are 'Left-Libertarians' and they are in fact secret leftists that have infiltrated the Libertarian movement and completely butchered what it means to be a Libertarian. I'm actually somebody who was a fan of Ron Paul back in the day and subscribe to much of his belief system, however I refuse to associate myself with Libertarians these days because I've seen what's happened to them so I call myself a Voluntaryist now which is very close to what a Libertarian is anyway.
The Libertarian movement are filled with fakes and this is something I gatekeep on hard like with Atheism. They lost all credibility as far as I'm concerned when they started talking about the gender pay gap as a serious concept.
The funny thing is that “ libertarian-but-actually-diet-republican” to me means almost the opposite of what this redditor is using it for. I picture the type that infests the current Libertarian party, and uses his libertarianism as an excuse to not enforce the border or rein in leftist corporations or even wield any government power to do anything useful at all.
Those are 'Left-Libertarians' and they are in fact secret leftists that have infiltrated the Libertarian movement and completely butchered what it means to be a Libertarian. I'm actually somebody who was a fan of Ron Paul back in the day and subscribe to much of his belief system, however I refuse to associate myself with Libertarians these days because I've seen what's happened to them so I call myself a Voluntaryist now which is very close to what a Libertarian is anyway.
The Libertarian movement are filled with fakes and this is something I gatekeep on hard like with Atheism. They lost all credibility as far as I'm concerned when they started talking about the gender pay gap as a serious concept.