There's very little little-l libertarianism here. It's always anti-Communist Reagan-Greenspan style Objectivism disguised as little-l libertarianism. They can

There's very little little-l libertarianism here. It's always anti-Communist Reagan-Greenspan style Objectivism disguised as little-l libertarianism. They can seem like libertarians because they believe that they themselves should be able to do whatever they want whenever they want, but any activism is of the consumer-rights variety i.e. "I can do whatever I want with my property!" Under Franco, the mean HNer would be upset that they couldn't buy (or create) whatever book they wanted or any piece of art they wanted. That's it. They'd even preface that objection with an "admission" that most of the books or art that Franco would ban were terrible and shouldn't be read or looked at. Franco himself was weak, soft, and like the 3rd choice to rule fascist Spain. His position and his government was due to the tacit support of people very similar to HN users today. At least he's keeping the Russians away...