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Not what I meant but alright.... You seem to be stuck on words conservatives and libertarian esque.Pre-2020 conservatives didn't do shit for libertarian ideals as a party. Individuals within said party failed to steer the party towards those ideals. Some people in either party will quibble over where the government gets involved, and how, but nobody within government has done anything to overall diminish the impact of the government upon John Q. Public and nobody ever will, because no one within the government has a vested interest in diminishing the role of the government in anyone's life. Their paychecks and careers depend on people thinking they are not merely a necessary evil, but that their influence should be expanded for whatever reason. For this reason, you will never see a sweeping change in "conservatism" towards harming, diminishing or removing the political machine in whose belly we currently reside. Anyone within those halls of power who calls for power to be stripped from those very halls, whether by legislation or brute force, will themselves find their power stripped and themselves removed.
The machine is power, constantly seeking more power. That is the purpose of American politics at this point in time and is its nature, and that is why libertarian lines of thought have no hope of flourishing within political spheres. Conservatives will not find significant common ground with libertarians of any stripe, ever, because they too benefit greatly from the machinations of power.
I'm referring to every man conservative not the political aristocrats
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