The LP is a joke. The best aspects of Libertarianism are all loosely or directly derived from Scholasticism. It’s better to use the readings to supplement what you already know is true. That’s about it.
I say this as a former Libertarian. Not a bad way of thinking about things politically if you’re properly grounded.
Brandon Herrera ran against a 300 pound ESL teaching torta with an IQ rating just barely high enough to match the temperature at which meat spoils, and yet he still got blown out of the water.
“Candidate quality” is not the reason Republicans got blown out of the water in the midterms.