I think the problem is people in the US co-opted the term Libertarianism from its traditional use for those on the "left" end of the political spectrum. Please

I think the problem is people in the US co-opted the term Libertarianism from its traditional use for those on the "left" end of the political spectrum. Please see what I mean here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Prominent_currents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism#Prominent_curre... In my experience, libertarians in the US are of the "right" variety, and not so much the "left"