Well, you have confirmation bias. So of course you don't.
I do agree that Republican is closer to libertarian than Democrat. Democrats are the antithesis of libertarian, you're authoritarian leftists.
No, here's the problem. Back in 1980, the Libertarians were considered a JOKE by Republicans. Then the Koch Brothers dumped a lot of money into the system to get their silly ideas into Republican thinking. It's really nothing more complex than that. Whenever you guys talk about "Liberty" and "Freedom", you mean the ability of the rich to abuse the rest of us, because "Freedom". I've had all the freedom I can stand for one lifetime.
I know you don't know how to capitalize, so you won't understand what I said. But it's too much work to explain it to you and pointless anyway since you obviously went to government schools. So, you'll have to just not understand it
I understand it perfectly... you let the Koch Brothers do your thinking for you.
That said, sorry, I want protection from your greed and selfishness. If that means more government, so be it.