10 Reasons Libertarians are Just Better People than Liberals

by Austin Petersen
Libertarians

#3. We don’t beatify any institution, public or private.

While liberals want you to think libertarians believe private actors are infallible and altruistic, nothing could be further from the case. The reason many libertarians don’t trust government is because they don’t trust people in the first place. Private actors don’t get to cage people. They aren’t beatified by anyone. If a corporation negligently kills people, libertarians call for justice like anyone else. But when Amtrak kills people, liberals line up to use the event to blame a lack of funding. Had a private corporation been in the same accident, liberals would not think twice before attempting to shut them down or take them over. They would blame profiteering and greedy corporate negligence. Libertarians don’t complain when a private company accidentally kills someone that all they suffer from is a lack of funding.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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