It goes without saying that Trump is no Ronald Reagan.
Ever since I discovered libertarianism in the late 1970s, I have witnessed conservatives every four years exclaiming, “This is the most important presidential race in U.S. history,” as they attempted to exhort people to elect a Republican to the presidency. The 2024 presidential race, of course, is no exception.
But it’s not sufficient for me and some other libertarians. I got into this movement because I want to be free. And freedom in the genuine libertarian sense of the term does not mean having “freedom-leaning” conservatives running the welfare-warfare state. Genuine freedom means a dismantling — a removal — a termination — a repeal — an end — to all infringements on liberty.
Reagan had eight years to dismantle the major infringements on our liberty — the welfare state, the warfare state, the drug war, immigration controls, the regulated/managed economy, the national-security state, the empire of military bases, the Federal Reserve, paper money, trade restrictions, travel controls, economic embargoes, and so much more. Eight years! He did not do it. Oh, he “deregulated” some parts of the economy and he was very pro-immigrant and pro-free trade.
Even more ominous, if Trump follows through with his campaign vow to ferret out and deport the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in America, we are likely to witness one of the most ominous violations of civil liberties in our lifetime.
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