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Where do Libertarians belong?

That's the subject of a post by Clive Crook over at The Atlantic, dissecting the latest edition of Reason magazine, which tries to determine the best bed fellow for Libertarians. Crook concludes:

Yes, which is why liberaltarianism is a dead end. Libertarians disagree with progressives about markets and with conservatives about "values", and that is really that. To the extent that they (we) serve any purpose at all, it is to challenge the two dominant strains of thinking, hoping to nudge each in the right direction.

For the most part I agree with Crook. But I think it's important to realize that Libertarianism suffers because it is a disorganized, somewhat undefined ideology. Think about it: what do Libertarians believe? There are so many variations--the strict, the soft, the pseudo. And each sect seems to harbor some sort of contempt for the others for not being Libertarian enough, or for being too extreme. Until Libertarians become more unified, they will never be able to gain strength, and the question might not be who should Libertarians align with, but rather who really wants to align with Libertarians?

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