Randroids are very scary.
As for Model Libertarians... I don't think the description is correct anymore. Maybe 25-30 years ago it was.
Ok most Libertarians are male, but from what I've seen there are a lot of females in the party too. I don't know what the average age is for Libertarians, but in my area almost all of them are in the 25-35 age range and a good 1/3 of them are female.
The most intelligent people I've ever met were at LP meetings. However also the most stupid people (unless you count the retards I know ) I've ever meant were at LP meetings.
I'm a scifi nerd yes, but I'm like the only one in the party in my area. I do care a lot about history (it's b/c of the U.S.' history that I'm a Libertarian.
Huh? No I disagree. There aren't very many of the "Question Authority" types from what I've seen. Most have a very high level of respect for social institutions (after all we are advocating replacing government with voluntary social institutions).
Personal experience tells me no. As far as I can tell, I'm the only atheist in my group. I have a real dislike for any Christian (or any other religious nutcase) who wants to use the government to enforce their world view on me.
The New Ager is less likely to want to use the government to impose her view of morality on everyone. She just wants the Christians to stop using the government to oppress her. From personal experience most of the people in our group are good Christians.
I don't know of many Libertarians who are Randriods. They are much more of a tiny minority than this description would suggest.
yes there is a high number of computer programmers. However there aren't as many as one might think. We draw from other occupations as well. Actually employed lawyers and accountants, doctors, professors, to truck-drivers, bouncers, and strippers. One thing I've noticed is a very high number of government employees or people who work for companies that do nothing but service the government.
We do have a lot of cooks, but they're generally regarded as cooks even within the Libertarian community.
I'm guilty of being a moocher, but most Libertarians I've encountered are not like this at all. While they are almost all willing to share almost all are so self-sufficient that they never need anything.
As I said earlier this description of the ML might have applied 20 or 30 years ago. In my experience, people like this thankfully are very few and far between.
