When did Libertarians start getting paraded around as the "sane" alternative to Republicans in American politics?

When did Libertarians start getting paraded around as the "sane" alternative to Republicans in American politics?

Personal opinion: They are just as, if not more dangerous to the health, saftey, education, and cultural progression of a nation. Look at any area or time period where corporations were given free reign and look at the countless labor and environmental abuses.

Is is just one of those: "But my specific [insert sub-ideology] hasn't actually been tried" delusions?

>When did Libertarians start getting paraded around as the "sane" alternative to Republicans in American politics?
By who, libertarians? No shit, genius.

>Is is just one of those: "But my specific [insert sub-ideology] hasn't actually been tried" delusions?
Yes. That's exactly what it is.

It's a reaction to Republicans being associated with hardcore Bible thumpers in the late 90s early noughts. That's why it's considered "sane".

Probably when libertarians stopped putting up ideologically pure candidates and just put up republicans with liberal social mores, which is pretty all most Americans think a libertarian is since casual libertarians vastly outnumber hardliners

It's basically just liberal who like guns.

>By who, libertarians? No shit, genius.
kek

My problem with libertarianism is probably the 'taxation is theft' retards. no better than AnCaps

>implying they like guns anymore

It's basically just Democrats who like weed

Libertarians are retarded to everyone except other libertarians. A lot of people who dont know shit about politics or what the party actually stands for are joining because "i dont like the establishment" "I usually dont vote but I feel I have to now" and "Duuuuude weeeeeeeeeeeeed"

muh gold standard

Starting in the 80s, the dominant faction of the Libertarian Party decided to neuter themselves down to "Republicans, with weed" and later "Republicans, with weed and Gays."

Little did they know that the Clintons would totally suck up the "Republicans, with weed and Gays" position.

I hate libertarians and weedlmaos

This. Libertarian is the option for people tho thing
>i dont hate gay people but i think government is bad

I live in commiefornia, and sometimes deal with people in the rich exurbs. They are very much libertarian types. These are the rich people that have it made, so they just want lower taxes, but they don't want the evangelical baggage because they're commiefornian.
>i am liberal on social issues but conservative on economic issues
These people.

Have you seen the guy who just got elected for president?

Ugh, there's nothing more painful than history majors talking about politics.

>Runs around using the word socialist incorrectly
>Social democrat that identifies as a socialist
>Calls every successful country with social programs socialist

Fun fact, none of the Scandinavian countries have minimum wages

Reminder that classical liberals want to tax inheritance up to 100%

>>Is is just one of those: "But my specific [insert sub-ideology] hasn't actually been tried" delusions?

Literally every first-world country's success is due to a less regulated government

I'll never understand why some people view politics as some sort of art. you just say shit and then you get elected. what is there to 'get' besides inane intricacies.

t. policy analyst

this actually bothers me a lot because social democracy could be very easily marketed to the masses but americans hate the 's' word too much

I hope you know I was making fun of Sanders in that statement. Republicans are fuzzy thinkers but liberals aren't much better.

Yeah, I was being critical of Sanders as well.

I live in leaf land, and my friends here actively call it a socialist country. triggers the hell out of me

We are on the history and humanities board. Some grammar-nazi-ing is therefore in order.

the OP improperly used "reign" for "rein".

That is all.

The central error of the OP's loaded question is to pose libertarians as the sane option to what is supposed to be the specifcally, uniquely insane option in American politics, that of the republican party. That the OP tacitly ignores the democratic party's insanity is a deep mistake on his part.

You don't believe in the power of the free market op? You believe in perversions of 'the law' ?

In 2008 when Ron Paul ran for president

And then in 2016 Gary Johnston killed it

it had a good run

what the fuck stop responding to this

"No", no we dont.

Upper class liberals care a lot more about social issues than the economy or class.

>statists

You should seriously considering killing you are selves for the betterment of humanity.

>in this thread the progressives and neoreactionaries of Veeky Forums find something they can agree to hate

This is one of the worst threads I've ever been in. God help you all, why the fuck did I click on this

Honestly, they were the more sane movement until the paleocons and minarchists fractured into the Constitution and Libertarian Party respectively in the mid 2000s.

>as the "sane" alternative

Le everyone who is not a socialist neckbeard is crazy maymay!!!

BUMP

Swede here we mostly don't need minimum wages cause of independent workers unions

Your money is also worthless so it's not like it really matters what you get paid.

Indirectly we do through """independent""" unions that very much are a part of the establishment.

Unions = cancer

Why would it be worthless lol have you seen the swedish living standards?

>9SEK to 1USD
It's worth less than the RMB. It's quite literally equivalent to third world currencies. It's fucking worthless.