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You may be correct with respect to some pop culture version of libertarianism, but I'm a libertarian and none of that resonates with me.

First, I'm not a Republican, and libertarianism is not a "sub-branch" of that party. Second, crypto is basically a scam, there are stupid libertarians like there are stupid people in every political alignment (I'd like to be able to pretend they're not "real" libertarians or something) that have been tricked into thinking the decentralized aspect of crypto aligns with their ambitions. But I think there is a difference between the philosophy around the importance of individual freedoms, and how it manifests, including in alignment with mainstream political parties (neither of whom have individual freedoms as a key issue) or specific technologies, especially poorly understood, scammy ones