Libertarians vs. Conservatives: Which is worse?

[denverbill]

11. Libertarians, without a doubt.

Conservatism has become crazy in large part to their adoption of libertarian gospel. No real conservative in the 1960's would have espoused blowing massive holes in the budget by cutting taxes without cutting spending. Causing massive budget deficits is not conservative by any stretch of the imagination.

I may agree with libertarians on a number of issues, but their simplistic vision of the world is wrong on almost every level, and is unfortunately, very appealing to many young, inexperienced people. I was a card-carrying, dues-paying Libertarian for several years, until I started realizing not every situation can be solved by making people rely on their own selves. It's a very easy philosophy to adopt for young, talented, selfish people. It excuses their greed by assuming everyone in the world should be as talented as they are.