there are Libertarians with a big ‘L’ and small ‘l’ libertarians.
big ‘L’ Libertarians are the drug crazed, homo friendly, it’s a woman’s choice crowd
little ‘l’ libertarians are against those and push for small govt, personal responsibility, low taxes, and personal freedom.
you may think that’s what a republican is... but you’d be wrong. GWBush and MRubio are republicans that would not fit the libertarian mold and would be more in line with JFK then Ronald Reagan. of course, 0bama is more in line with Stalin or Mao then JFK... as today’s dems are far, far left of JFK (he would never be pro abortion and anti Christian)
Consevatives and libertarians align due to the expansion of govt and the conservative push against such a change. but at the end of the day, conservatives like to preserve the status quo... which keeps pushing left with every decade.
a libertarian’s desired position on the political balance beam would be rather fixed
They are exactly the same, there is no libertarian war against their own party positions, no disagreement on issues, libertarians are libertarians.
One thing they will do, is lie to fit what ever audience that they are speaking to.