Yes, there's a best-case scenario in which the dumbening of the American Right works out fine for libertarians, because the infusion of "liberaltarianism" suddenly makes the left-of-center much smarter and more freedom-friendly about issues of economic policy. But I think the more likely scenario is that the liberaltarians vanish into the center-left without much of a ripple, leaving a right-wing rump to battle eternally with a fat, lazy, none-too-libertarian left-liberalism. And in fact, that worst-case scenario already exists: It's called the state of California.
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From ‘Rocket Man’ to ruins: Between the skies of Tehran and Tel Aviv
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by Nik Kowsar “It’s a little bit funny… the feeling inside.” I found myself
humming Elton John’s “Your Song” as I watched the first videos of Israeli
jet...
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