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

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

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rejected-libertarians-less-one-percent-vote-presidential-election-1904870
29.3k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

115

u/electron-envy May 27 '24

Got to hand it to them. Their ideology is fuckin weird, but they stand by it.

29

u/2spicy_4you May 27 '24

It’s not weird it’s just fucking stupid. Look up the Libertarian bear town story. These people are mainly just incredibly selfish but when you make a town based off of said beliefs you realize how fucking stupid these people really are

19

u/Merengues_1945 May 27 '24

Libertarianism seems to be eternally married to privilege. The people who spouse these ideals almost unequivocally belong to a privileged group that want to enjoy all the benefits of the state for their personal gain, while also abiding by none of its rules.

Turns out, a lot of these people also lack in skills and organization to make things work beyond the most basic. And the lack of cooperation makes for a dysfunctional system.

5

u/grendus May 28 '24

Libertarians come in three flavors:

  1. Republicans who like weed.

  2. Privileged people who have no idea the breadth of government services but assume that a private company can provide them for cheaper.

  3. People with... unconventional ideas about age of consent laws. Though frankly, these days that could also just be a Republican politician.