Christopher Beam has a generally good (albeit badly flawed in two ways, see below) overview of where today's libertarians in the U.S. stand, from individual Libertarian rebel types through Paul pere and fils and on to the Free State Project in New Hampshire, and, above all, what might be the Libertarian ground zero of the Cato Institute and Liberty magazine.
The Peter-Pannish teens might well apply to the Free State Project types. (Maybe even a bit to Rand Paul!) And, to the individualistic rebels.
That said, it's arguable, at least, that a place like Cato, or similar ones that are even more hardcore, are Trotskyist in spirit. Witness the "purges" of folks like Will Wilkerson. And, especially among Randians, there's a history of Trotskyist purges, starting with her own background from Old Russia, running through her own personal purge of Nathaniel Branden, and going on from there.
That said, the article's got a couple of BIG flaws, too.
First, Mr. Beam, civil libertarians are NOT the same as economic libertarians, let alone bigger "movement" libertarians. And, not all economic libertarians, even, follow Straus/Mises/Hayek, let alone Rand.
I have no idea why he threw in the observation and "lumping in" of civil libertarians on the first page of the story. Maybe as a "hook" of some sort? But, places like the ACLU and CCR have plenty of good old-fashioned economic liberals who also proudly identify as civil libertarians, but have no truck for the people he profiles in the article.
Second, and even worse, on the last page? Mr. Beam? The Constitution is not, and was not, a "libertarian" document.
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Most libertarians and tea partiers still toss out platitudes like shrink the government, cut taxes, and the strengthen economy with no plans on how to do it. Lets face it no one parties ideology is going to solve this nation's problem. This nation was built upon common ground and compromise, not throwing bricks at the other guy because he doesn't believe what you believe. And the hypocrisy of tea partiers that make fun of scientologists for clinging to the works of L. Ron Hubbard when they themselves worship at the altar of Rand.
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