Since my last post, and Trump's appearance being in the news, I did some casual research. These open-border fans are more prevalent than I wanted to admit. I have solidified that libertarians concerned with the real societies need to rebrand, ditching these cognitively dissonant jackrabbits.

I voted for Gary in 2016, and like many other small-govt. conservatives went over to Trump by 2020 upon his enacted domestic policy (reduced regulations) and improved foreign policy over the past 40 years. Without a Trump 2024, a societal environment where a libertarian revolution can happen, before national collapse, will be quashed. That is more important than a bump-stock ban or any other snags from his first term. It's beyond irritating that all parties have people that will vote to feel better about themselves, instead of putting non-trivial effort to making the best possible choice.

I was doing some thinking about how open-border libertarians were tunnel-visioned on the cons and risks of a government with strong borders. The contradiction highlighted in OP's title, between vaccine passports and open-borders, reminded me that these people aren't that deep.