Confessions of a recovering Libertarian: How I escaped a world of Ron Paul hero worship

[Stargleamer]

77. Libertarians and Democrats "want the exact same goals"???

Libertarians if in power would destroy any remnants, scant as they are, of a social safety net, any remaining remnants of the New Deal.

Democrats do not want to do these things. Sometimes Republicans in Congress can force their counterparts' hands by blackmail, by threatening some kind of calamity or economic disaster, but by and large, Democrats want to preserve and strengthen the social safety net.

What about charity, you might ask? Charity has a long history of being quite insufficient in meeting basic human needs for food and shelter. It's wishful [Libertarian] thinking to think it ever can.

When freedom is defined as not having a progressive tax code, warped values ensue. Libertarians never care about and empathize with the plight of poor people and never will as long as they remain Libertarian. This remains in stark contrast to a true "far left progressive", such as Barbara Lee.

No, they do not have the "exact same goals".