Yup. I've been learning about James M. Buchanan, the Virginia School's "political economy", and their particular notions of "liberty". What they really advocat

Yup. I've been learning about James M. Buchanan, the Virginia School's "political economy", and their particular notions of "liberty". What they really advocate is freedom from consequences. Maximal individualism at the expense of the common good. As a Gen-X, my early exposure to right-libertarian notions was thru Robert Heinlein, Ayn Rand, etc. So edgy, so attractive. Sign me up! I so wish young me had known about Buchanan, John Birch Society, etc. Would have saved myself a lot of time.