“The libertarian movement is more cerebral, if you will,” he said. “They lack the ability to deal with people at the human level.” And indeed, the same psychological study that found libertarians to be more logical than Democrats or Republicans also found that they are less socially connected and loving. “Libertarians have a lower degree of the broad social connection that typifies liberals as well as a lower degree of the tight social connections that typify conservatives,” wrote the authors, speculating that natural loners might be attracted to a political ideology that celebrates freedom.
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