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Eh. It depends on the libertarian. I'm mostly anarchistic in regards to individuals--not at all in regards to institutions and corporations--so I can appreciate some libertarians. But most current libertarians aren't really interested in personal liberty for all, just freedom from consequences and obligation for themselves. For instance, you aren't going to see very many current libertarians that support trans rights, since many people that currently claim to be libertarian are actually extremely socially conservative, rather than allowing everyone the freedom to make choices for themselves.
At any rate, what Dems claim to believe aligns far more closely with my own beliefs than what Republicans claim to believe--and what Libertarians actually do--so I tend to vote Democratic, even though the party as a whole is opposed to some of my core beliefs.
(in America) 90% of libertarians are Republicans who smoke weed and skip church. The other ten percent are lunatics who actually want a limited government with strong personal freedoms (for the powerful) because they believe they'll be the lords in the new feudalism.
This isn't true based on the many libertarians I have known. But YMMV.
Who doesn't want low taxes and cheap weed?
City I used to live in, which was birthplace of Libertarian Party (literally, it was started in that city) def wanted low taxes and cheap weed. And that's what it ended up getting. For a while...
Denver, hey? Seems to make sense for the Libertarian party. I spent a week there on business once. It wasn't Atlanta or Baltimore, but it was alright.
Yep, I've known several libertarians. All cool enough people, but their party just doesn't seem to capture a spirt of fire. They just always seem so lackluster and no charisma lately.
Gary Johnson seemed like a decent person. I disagree with his tax policies by a lot, but his emphasis on personal/individual liberties resonates with me. I'd like to see Dems take up and run with the idea of individual liberty. Which they do, for some things. But not for others. (Meanwhile, Republicans are mostly for individual liberties as long as those liberties are socially conservative, oh, and they also think corporations should have liberties.)
I did like him. He just didn't have the strongest presence when it came to speaking though. I think the libertarian party really needs a great speaker to break thru the noise.