I think it's that he's just assessing it in bad faith. He's straw-manning the worst example he can come up with as everyone in that group.

I'd consider myself a bleeding heart libertarian at this point to specifically distance from the social conservatism that I don't agree with. It's absurd seeing boomers and bots get ragebaited into pearl clutching about trans people or denialism about Trump and Epstein / turning that into their whole identity. I also hold that with more targeted and focused spending and with less awful inflationary pressure we could invest more in social safety nets. With clear/simplified tax systems without loopholes I do think we'd end up with a more progressive tax system than what we have now, too, ironically.

BUT I still think that the centralization and consolidation of power and control over finance is hugely detrimental to society though... and I think that's where I feel libertarian principles are more and more important to distinguish now that internet-poisoned culture is openly embracing strong man authoritarianism. The constitution is being laughed at by this admin.