Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“I’m disappointed with how many former libertarians are now fans of big government just because Donald Trump is the president. Some have abandoned all pretense of supporting liberty. If this is all it takes to make someone turn their back on liberty, were they libertarian to begin with? To me, it matters what you do, not what you say you are. This includes some highly influential ‘libertarian’ social media accounts that now seem to be nothing more than Republicans using ‘libertarian’ in the name. … ‘Libertarian’ has a specific meaning; it means you reject the initiation of force, property rights violations, and fraud as ways of dealing with others; those are things no one has a right to do.” (02/26/25)