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On here, individuals have argued that conservatism and libertarianism are pretty much the same thing.

However, I saw this first video on YouTube and it struck me as an interesting difference.  The speaker claims conservatives value life over liberty and argues that libertarians can't get smaller government, if they decide to stick with placing liberty over life:

 

 

And then, there is this this on the Rachel Maddow show from a few years back.  I am curious in what capacity any of this would be seen as Libertarian. 

 

 

Anyone here care to argue how libertarian and conservative are the same thing?