This is a common reactionary fetish, actually. Many Thatcherites were attracted to the idea of themselves as rebels, as fanatics. The neocons (hated by libertarians, as it happens) liked and encouraged the (ridiculous) notion that they had some similarity to Trotsky. Steve Bannon declared himself a Leninist. Ron Paul declared himself the leader of a revolution. The right always apes the left. The attraction works upon those young fogeys who, while not wanting to challenge any of the fundamental problems with the world, nevertheless fancy themselves rebels and iconoclasts.
