If Republicans are the real enemy, why call them Libertarians?

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10. The libertarians currently have a strategy of trying to

build up their brand by splitting progressive voters from the Dems in hopes those folk will vote libertarian, and they're using a variety of tactics for that, such as trying to persuade folk "there's no difference between the major parties"

It's visibly part of the contemporary political landscape, and people need to be aware of it

Viewed from a purely ideological PoV, the libertarians in the US appear to be a bizarre hybrid of left and right -- but the majority of funding seems to be coming from extreme RW sources, and the objective effect of libertarian political noise right now merely strengthens the RW status quo