• Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    conservatives now call themselves libertarians to differentiate themselves from the fascists

    the vast majority of secular libertarians became anarchists, socialists, or commies

    purely anecdotal and somewhat vibes based but i was kind of “in the shit” of libertarian community bs pre-2016 and saw this starting to take shape and then trump kicked it off hard

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      8 months ago

      Ah, so their anti-“big government” rhetoric isn’t genuine, it’s just them mad that they aren’t the ones in charge of that big government. I’ve seen that a lot.

      • Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        8 months ago

        basically. their imagined stripped down government is exactly the same as a neoliberal. just everything privatized with them in charge and wokeness destroyed