Brain Fertilizer

Humorous, but doesn't really describe any libertarians I know...

Still, I'm sure there's some truth to descriptions like these:

a Democrat who wants to own a gun, or a Republican who wants to smoke pot...Republicans who can't admit it yet, but who don't want to be as noncommittal and bogus-sounding as "independent,"...hedonism combined with the desire to not be made to take account for the needs of others. It's a person who thinks about the public commonweal in terms of how much he has to pay to support it. It's 'I don't give a sh--, and I'm not paying for sh--.'...

There is a general dissatisfaction with both Republican and Democrat parties right now, and it makes sense that many people would find something different to nominally align themselves with.

The biggest problem with libertarianism that I can see is that Independence and Personal Viewpoint are an inherently large part of the self-definition...and thus it is very difficult to find 3 libertarians who agree on any one issue or platform. Which, I assume, is why they tend to find reasons to either vote Republican or Democrat (or not vote at all) rather than attempting to express their will through the designated Libertarian party.

Is it the beginning of a groundswell movement, or will it turn out to be merely a droll side branch in our national political history? Either way, it will be interesting to watch.