The Republican Party includes many people with libertarian background which conflict with the authoritarianism currently prevalent in the party’s policies. Glenn Greenwald looks at how they reconcile these differences. After providing some examples of flip flops he notes:
It really is a sad spectacle to see how many ex-conservatives and libertarians have followed Reynolds’ path of completely abdicating their belief system in order to become consumed by blind support even for this President’s most authoritarian policies.