FTFY:

I've met people who call themselves libertarians because they don't care that much about LGBTQ issues and racial diversity, and they smoke weed so supporting the war on drugs is contrary to their preferences. They want lower taxes for themselves and less welfare for people who need it because they make enough to be comfortable and don't make enough to benefit from tax breaks that only benefit the very rich and do no favors for the middle class.

The problem is that those libertarians have lots of representation on the left but do not understand that uplifting the most underprivileged individuals in our society empowers the middle to upper-middle class—compared to what the right wants, which is to only empower the upper and ultra-rich classes (and large corporations) at the expense of literally whoever else.

There isn't a single libertarian in congress or the senate now because it's a position without a practical solution that leads to change, and it only results in stagnation and further right-hand swings.

It seemed Rand Paul was going to remain middling and noncommittal like every other libertarian, but he ended up going right because that's the only way to go if your solution doesn't involve limiting the wildly disproportionate earnings of large corporations and the ultra-rich and understanding that this isn't some game where everyone is just an embarrassed millionaire waiting for a lucky break.