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Emil Karlsson's avatar

Milton Friedman might be a libertarian counterexample. Surely one of the most influential and popular libertarians and he seemed to be a charming and friendly guy.

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steve hardy's avatar

I am a lifelong libertarian. I own an artist residency where we invite artists worldwide to live and work during the summer for free. I usually host around 16 artists a year. Almost without exception, they are politically left , many professing to be socialists (actually social democrats). I learned early on that if you want to have any influence on someone, they first have to like you. It starts with having something in common. In our case, it is art. Also, we all want the same things for everyone, like prosperity, good health, peace, etc., but we have different ideas on achieving these. I have not made many converts, but I have made many friends where there is mutual respect and tolerance of each other's views.

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