Libertarian ideology is just globalism with less authoritarianism.
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The ideology isn't, but the result is. It's a philosophy that only works when there are natural barriers. When coast-to-coast travel in America was a six month ordeal and there were 50m people in the nationwide? Great ideology. Work with the few people within a day's ride when they need it and respect one another's autonomy otherwise.
Once the tech existed for foreigners to flood in across the border, even overseas, at minimal cost? It became a completely obsolete ideology.
Not ideologically. But practically it opposes the creation of the apparatuses necessary to secure large borders. And verification of citizenship necessitates creating a body with the authority and tracking to carry it out. Allowing society to determine who should be removed requires surrendering a measure of personal sovereignty.
Other than stopping them at the border, every enforcement mechanism puts burdens on ordinary people. That's where it conflicts with libertarianism. Even today's bare minimum of "check before hiring," amounts to not being able to engage in commerce with your neighbor unless your births were registered with the government.
The ideals are great, but they don't survive application. At least not without limiting them in scope to a population you've already filtered. You could go very authoritarian with national borders and the most narrow mandate possible and then libertarian within. But there will inevitably be another issue tempting another "limited scope" authority... until you have today's 400+ federal agencies each with "limited scope."
And a lot of leftists support the right to bear arms as long as no one ever gets shot. Beliefs that are contingent upon impossible circumstances are not legitimate beliefs.