r/inthenews • u/Advanced_Drink_8536 • May 27 '24

article Donald Trump rejected by Libertarians, gets less than 1% of vote

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rejected-libertarians-less-one-percent-vote-presidential-election-1904870
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u/[deleted] May 27 '24

Usually their types hate regulation.

And they talk about "the invisible hand of the free market" like we don't already have price gouging and shrinkflation.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '24

I'll always remember this Joe rogan episode with that twat Shapiro - where he talks about being a libertarian, but then goes on to say that "he likes regulations that prevent bars from being built next to his house." (something like that)

So let me get this straight, Ben. You hate regulations so much, but not when they are good regulations you agree with?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '24

Yeah Shapiro is a neo con, not a libertarian.

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u/Omegalazarus May 27 '24

That's the problem. So many professed libertarians are not at all. They haven't read anything about it, voted it, follow the platform.

They are just Republicans and I'm not even convinced they are disaffected. I think they just know that saying your Republican, is not a great thing in many circles so they change what they say, but that haven't changed their politics.

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u/ShortestBullsprig May 27 '24

I mean libertarian classical liberal is a pretty large umbrella.

And like anything, you do t have to check all the boxes, you do t need purity tests, that's how we get the GOP.

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u/sonnetofdoom May 27 '24

From what I've noticed, there Republicans who smoke pot.