Jeremy Kauffman

you know, post-ideology, where it's not, like, there might be one of these people who, like, I agree with on political philosophy, you know, 98% of the way, but it's like, well, would I want you to live next door to me?

Like, would I trust you as my neighbor?

You know, here's a name.

you know, maybe haven't heard in a while, but you know, Reed, Reed Coverdale, uh, who's, uh, I love Reed very well.

He's married.

Yeah.

And, um,

You know, he was talking about how like, and by the way, the libertarians in New Hampshire tend to not be this type.

But Reid was talking about how like, well, like, you know, who would I rather have as a neighbor?

Like one of these like left libertarian people or like the conservative Christian who wants to bomb Iran, you know?

And well, you know, Reid might theoretically agree or I might theoretically agree more with the left libertarian on policy.

But like, I don't want this guy as a neighbor where it's like the Christian conservative who wants to bomb Iran.

It's like, they're going to be overall a decent person.

They're going to be a good neighbor.

Yeah.

You know, that's right.

Yeah, I think this is very true.

And something I've come to realize about politics is like, you know, libertarians like to pretend that their positions are like.

purely philosophical.

I think this is actually true for very few of them.