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ecib  ·  4329 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ayn Rand is for children.

    Libertarians are fringe

Sadly, while self avowed Libertarians may be fringe, some of the more demented and intellectually stunted aspects of their ethos have taken hold in mainstream Republican Politik.

Libertarianism can't be mainstream because it literally doesn't work in practice. The actual mechanics of it don't map to reality. But Libertarianism's ideals are aspirational for half of our political culture's mainstream then there is plenty of damage to be done. We've been seeing this for years now. It's horrendous.