The Insidious Libertarian-to-Alt-Right Pipeline

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Is it just a phase they go through—or is there something about libertarianism that attracts, well, uh, you know, racist kooks?

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Published Aug. 23 2017 12:07AM EDT

Pepe as Snake, "Don't Tread on Me" Flag — Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast

Libertarianism has an alt-right problem. Many prominent leaders of the alt-right have, at some point, identified as libertarian. I am curious as to… why?

Milo Yiannopoulos has billed himself (and has been

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The Insidious Libertarian-to-Alt-Right Pipeline

Is it just a phase they go through—or is there something about libertarianism that attracts, well, uh, you know, racist kooks?

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