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comment « What is libertarianism?
And how is it different from anarchism, liberalism, conservatism, and socialism?

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1. I meant WWI. It was a typo.2. Let's clarify whether we are talking about powerful people, or regular civilians here. When I mentioned that Libertarians are rich and educated, I am talking about powerful people. Powerful Libertarians are typically richer than powerful Conservatives
Now you moved the focus onto civilians in one paragraph. I will untangle this confusion.
Libertarians believe in the free market, and social mobility. Conservatives believe in seizing power for themselves, and reducing social mobility.
When Conservatives make it so that less people can get into university, what they are doing, by reducing social mobility, is reducing the amount of Libertarian civilians who get rich.
Look at it this way.
A youth worker, and an owner of a taxi rental service, have Libertarian values. One works for a charity, and another works for a business. By the Conservatives reducing public services, raising taxes etc, they stop more people from beating the system to get through. The CEO who would have stayed in business might go bankrupt or have to make staff redundant.
It is similar to how piracy is affecting the music industry. You're not affecting the people who already have their record deals. You're instead stopping the next surge of musicians break through.
This is why your assertion of Conservatives increasing the proportion of Libertarians relative to other groups, is untrue.