Libertarianism Is on the Verge of a Political Breakout

[NACBA]

David Boaz is executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of 'The Libertarian Mind.'
The spotlight on Rand Paul may help more Americans fully embrace their libertarian ideals


Rand Paul’s leadership in the Senate – on the budget, regulation, privacy, criminal justice, and foreign policy – and his likely presidential campaign are generating new attention for libertarian ideas.

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“Libertarianism is hot,” headlined the Washington Post in 2013. From an almost-forgotten part of American political culture, libertarianism has grown into a respected and much-discussed political faction and a compelling set of ideas that challenge the conventional wisdom. Tens of millions of Americans are fiscally conservative, socially tolerant, and skeptical of American military intervention.

http://time.com/3695448/rand-paul-libertarianism-political-breakout/

 

[jbauer]

Just think, Ron Paul and everyone who supported him did this. We/They made this happen.

 

[Sola_Fide]

I don't think libertarianism is hot. They were saying the same kinds of things when Barry Goldwater was running, and we see what happened there. There are just too many immoral people who want to steal from each other for the machine to ever end.

 

[fisharmor]

I don't think libertarianism is hot. They were saying the same kinds of things when Barry Goldwater was running, and we see what happened there.

What, you're not content with ending up with someone riding his coattails 20 years later and turning on the Fed's money spigot, running up the national debt to absurd levels, enacting the last enduring national gun control legislation, being the first president to unilaterally invade a sovereign state without even consulting congress, and trading weapons to Muslim extremists?

It's like you're not libertarian at all.

 

[CaptUSA]

 

[nobody's_hero]

It's nothing an RNC teleprompter can't end in about 5 minutes.