Full disclosure: I used to be a libertarian myself and voted for this guy (Gary Johnson) in ‘12 and ‘16.
Ron Paul’s vigorous and brave denunciation of the Iraq War in his GOP primary run in ‘08 had a big influence on my early political development.
I drifted away from libertarianism once I soured on the selfish, dog-eat-dog economic philosophy and I was always opposed to unfettered gun rights.
Nevertheless I was pretty sanguine about Trump’s presidency until the flagrant incompetence and abuses of power became impossible to ignore. For me that was around Summer ‘19, all of which makes me a pretty late-comer to the Democratic Party.
But having witnessed the GOP’s full-on implosion into hate and nonsense in this era of fake news, I reckon I’m not going back any time soon.
And throwing my vote away on a 3rd-party candidate is no longer an option I feel comfortable with.
