What's wrong with the title of your article is that it boxes Libertarianism into a single movement or general attitude, which it is not. What you really meant t

What's wrong with the title of your article is that it boxes Libertarianism into a single movement or general attitude, which it is not. What you really meant to say is "How I grew up and started to give a shit about less fortunate people". Libertarians (at least those I affiliate with) are not heartless people, but hold a general subversive attitude to government overreach. It has little to do with not helping the poor, but rather not let the government do it by means of force, and do it on a more personal, voluntary, connected, human level. And avoiding the mistakes of crony governments so that there are less poor people in the first place. Coming from France where I grew up, you would be very surprised by the level of resentment instilled in the fabrics of the French society by socialism. People being tired of giving most of their earnings in taxes have little willingness to help people around them on a personal level. It reminds me of an article I read (can't find it anymore) about how Silicon Valley was not the Libertarian land it was painted because Silicon Valley companies were much more generous in sharing their success with employees through stock options. Well, again it was a misguided attribution, being generous has nothing non-Libertarian in it. At the contrary, low involvement of government restrictions and taxation in US companies in general (not that it is the lowest in CA), does allow these kind of thing to come about privately. It's unheard of in Europe.