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 Yet a president having the power of a king isn’t concerning. Just be honest about being a Trump supporter and cut the act. People preach freedom but then always reveal their true selves when it aligns with their interests 
 Wtf are you talking about? Where did I say I was okay with the growth in state power? Oh, Kamala Harris would be really bad for the country, but let me make sure I say the required rites about how much I loathe the government too. Better make sure I signal to everyone like a damn robot about how much I don't like the size of the government. Trump would be bad too and yadda yadda and okay, now can we move on the actual conversation and stop acting like the only conversation we're allowed to have is how much it sucks to be anti-statist in a statist world?

I've been in and around libertarian organizing for much of my adult life and I swear that we're some of the worst culprits of NPC behavior. It's like, unless we recite the lines in the correct way, then we're elidong a secret desire to dominate others! We're actually secret statists because I didn't say the Constitution was actually a victory for the statists! How dare I make a point about contemporary political realities without first reciting The Ethics of Liberty verbatim!