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As someone who used to be a right wing libertarian, I thought the best way to go against the government is to have a limited government. However, I was too uneducated in politics to realize that would just strengthen corporate power. I was never taught that by changing the government to a socialist government that would fix the problem. This changed when I was getting into learning about decolonization and the IMF and the World Bank. I become left-wing after seeing how Haiti used tariffs to counter American businesses only for the America to coup the government and liberalize their economy. I noticed that this was a trend especially regarding the Pink tide in Latin America and in Africa and realized that Libertarianism is not working to counter American power, but in fact enabling it.
Isn't right-wing libertarianism ancap?
No, Right-wing libertarianism is a range between the standard right-wing libertarianism, neo-conservative infiltrators, and anarcho-capitalists and a few other groups that aren't important.
The two mainstream branches of Right-wing libertarianism:
The standard right-wing libertarianism is more about opposing social welfare and government regulations than conservatives, many are pro-choice , pro-marijuana, anti-war (Non-aggression pact), against NSA mass surveillance, and against the war on drugs. The type of people that wants a government, but do not want it to interfere in their lives. They complain about person freedom, individuality, and the two main party system.
Neo-conservative infiltrators- They call themselves libertarians, but like the neo-liberal infiltrators are trying to bring in check the libertarians who support anti-war policies and try to get them to support American interventions. They can be spotted since many of them are members of the Cato Institute.
Oh.