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# Adam Smith to Richard Spencer: Why Libertarians turn to the Alt-Right
- URL: https://werd.io/adam-smith-to-richard-spencer-why-libertarians-turn-to-the/
- Published: 2021-07-12T01:32:08.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-12T01:32:08.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"\[It's\] incredibly easy for the alt-right to reach out to libertarians; they’re both already literally speaking the same language. Socialists control the media? Swap ‘Socialists’ out for ‘Cultural Marxists’ and you’re halfway to becoming the new Richard Spencer. Hillary Clinton was clearly the social justice candidate in 2016, and Trump was against it. If you’re somebody who bases their entire ideology around opposing social justice, you’re going to be drawn towards the candidate who describes Neo-Nazis as ‘very fine people’."

\[[Link](https://medium.com/@elliotgulliverneedham/why-libertarians-are-embracing-fascism-5a9747a44db9)\]