It sounds like you're a libertarian somewhat "by default", as you say you don't trust the political system anymore. But, to be fair, shouldn't you compare "medi

It sounds like you're a libertarian somewhat "by default", as you say you don't trust the political system anymore. But, to be fair, shouldn't you compare "mediocre/bad government" vs "mediocre/bad libertarianism"? Both could be as bad, so that would not be a decisive reason to prefer one vs the other. Or the latter might even be worse than the former.