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The road to Trumpdom

The road to Trumpdom

How libertarians became authoritarians

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Nick Cohen
Apr 25, 2025
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If a President Kamala Harris or President Bernie Saunders had crashed the markets on an arbitrary and oppressive whim, America’s libertarian movement and the billionaires who support it would be screaming their protests from the rooftops. But because it is Donald Trump who is destroying trillions of dollars of wealth, they stay silent. They bite their t…

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