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Isn’t Libertarian Just Alt-Right with Weed?
Conservative, but make it fashion.
We all know that when people get rich, they tend to become more fiscally conservative, right? When people arecomfortable, they want to protect what they have, and not share it with the rest.
“I did all of this with my hard work, why should I share it with others?”
But being openly right-wing isn’t really sexy, is it? Voting for the GOP or any number of right-wing parties in Europe doesn’t make you look good.
That’s why, whenever there’s a ‘centrist’ Hollywood actor or famous businessman, they’re usually just conservative but don’t want to be criticized. Hey, they don’t want to pay taxes, but they still want to keep getting progressive eyes on their work and all those liberal dollars in their pockets.
Well, these days it also seems like there’s a whole new brand of Conservative, But Make It Fashion: the libertarian.
‘Libertarian’ is an old term, but it’s become increasingly popular in politics in the past couple of years, on…
