'Mullet libertarianism' is bunk

Penn Jillette: The original "mullet libertarian?"

You recall I posted about this recently, you know, the supposed shift of young Americans toward unfettered free-markets and no welfare state combined with social liberalism.  Or, as Connor Kilpatrick labels it, mullet libertarianism: "business up front, party in the back."

Mr. Kilpatrick gives the lie to that baloney that "the kids have all gone Galt"  Actually, he doesn't doubt it's real in a certain sense, it's just overblown.  Drill down issue by issue, and today's young American libertarians sound a lot like European social democrats.

What's worse is that 79 percent of Millenials don't consider themselves politically engaged, i.e., their views don't count for s**t until they decide to get their white hands dirty in our filthy-corrupt political system.  The ones that do join the Occupy movements, not the Young Republicans.

And here's the kicker.  When these so-called libertarian kids -- who aren't politcally engaged, mind you -- are polled about a hypothetical matchup between Obama and libertarian hero Ron Paul, 41 percent pick Obama and only 27 percent pick Paul.

It's hip! It's cool! It's libertarianism!

By Connor Kilpatrick

July 31, 2012 | The Exiled

URL:  http://exiledonline.com/its-hip-its-cool-its-libertarianism/