The idea of libertarianism just makes sense. it is logical. nerds are logical. all the standard liberals, and many conservatives I know, are not logical. they often justify their pollitical positions based on ridiculous reasonings that can be relatively easily debunked. However because its not something that is often discussed, and people get so passionate about it, these kinds of conversations are usually avoided.
But geeks are logical people, that like the logic of libertarianism.
seperately I have an economist background, so maybe this is just my own opinion (tho I know a few marxists, so its not a pure economics thing).
I also say libertarian with a small "l" rather than a big "L", because although I am completely in favour of social and economic freedom, sometimes there is a need for government intervention, and I think this is the "libertarian" stance of most libertarians.
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The idea of libertarianism just makes sense. it is logical. nerds are logical. all the standard liberals, and many conservatives I know, are not logical. they often justify their pollitical positions based on ridiculous reasonings that can be relatively easily debunked. However because its not something that is often discussed, and people get so passionate about it, these kinds of conversations are usually avoided. But geeks are logical people, that like the logic of libertarianism. seperately I have an economist background, so maybe this is just my own opinion (tho I know a few marxists, so its not a pure economics thing). I also say libertarian with a small "l" rather than a big "L", because although I am completely in favour of social and economic freedom, sometimes there is a need for government intervention, and I think this is the "libertarian" stance of most libertarians.