> How can you be “libertarian” - ie keep government out of people’s lives and a modern day “conservative” that is all about pushing religious beliefs on people and supporting corrupt law enforcement?

I’ve had this idea that many people who talk about libertarianism, but particularly in the US those who vocalize their alignment with the Libertarian Party are just republicans who don’t want to admit it. The famous “libertarian” Thiel going mask off and then helping build the surveillance state and military industrial context convinced me.