If you think the Christopher Mott society has anything to do with libertarianism, you need to do some reading before commenting anymore on what you apparently don't know anything about. Simply because one is against "big government" doesn't lump everyone into the same bucket. If it were so, then how were both Gloria Steinem and Larry Flynt affiliated with the same party? The John Birch society is deeply conservative, particularly socially. Libertarians are neither liberal or conservative, left or right. They are anti-force to put it into simplest terms. Just about the exact opposite of the fascists portrayed in the movie.
If generalizations are your cup of tea, then start with the notion that libertarians are generally socially liberal and fiscally conservative - the consistency is keeping the government out of people's affairs - out of bedrooms, doctor's offices, pocket books, and just about everywhere else. Government is a fiction to have a few con the many into thinking they have to listen to them. Some left, some right, consistently no-force.
If you run into a sub-group who talk about being somewhat libertarian, but really are "minarchic" and espouse militarism, then you know you are gravitating out of libertarianism and more into conservatism with a few socially liberal ideas. In any event, that group would still probably be a mile from the John Birchers of the world, or the Christopher Mott Society portrayed in the movie.
Some people are afraid of the unknown. I don't know why, and it scares me.
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jnatch
9 years ago
true it was a take on the John Birch society which is extreme right
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bhoover247
9 years ago
Also the John Birch society has become such a non factor in todays political scene that anyone under 50 wouldn't understand the satire of the Christopher Mott society.
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