Waarom libertariërs vooral blanke mannen zijn
Jeet Heer vraagt zich in The New Republic af hoe de oververtegenwoordiging van blanke mannen onder (Amerikaanse) libertariërs moet worden verklaard:
According to 2013 Pew survey, 7 percent of Americans identify as libertarian. Of those, two-thirds are men (68 percent) and nearly all are non-Hispanic whites (94 percent). That is, the typical libertarian is a white man.
Kevin Drum komt hier met een snelle, aanvullende verklaring:
So here’s the quick answer: Hardcore libertarianism is a fantasy. It’s a fantasy where the strongest and most self-reliant folks end up at the top of the heap, and a fair number of men share the fantasy that they are these folks. They believe they’ve been held back by rules and regulations designed to help the weak, and in a libertarian culture their talents would be obvious and they’d naturally rise to positions of power and influence.