Master and Serf
If libertarians want to fix things and get liberty back the first thing is to fix property rights which are the basis of liberty. Legalizing drugs, vaccine mandates, and income taxes are all examples of property rights issues. How is that, you say. The issue is you own yourself. Therefore, you have autonomy over your body. The concept of self-ownership is easy for libertarians to understand but what they don’t consider is the way non-libertarians, whether on the right or left, are approaching the idea from a collectivist place.
Non-libertarians look at the argument for autonomy and see the consequences that society may face if individuals are allowed autonomy of themselves. Their arguments are varied and based on false assumptions. For instance they argue that legalizing drugs would lead to higher crime where in reality decriminalizing drugs lowers crime activity immediately. Another, “anti-vaxxers endanger the rest” which in itself sounds silly, assuming the vaccine in question actually works. You get the point.
Where is the middle ground? One thing is for certain, property owners can understand the common property tax. Anyone who owns a home or land and are being forced to pay an annual tax will understand the concept of private property and have a sick feeling in the pit of their stomachs that as long as they are forced to pay “rent” to the state, they don’t really own it. I think these people are primed for a lesson in property rights. In reality property owners are a minority and as such have little chance of changing the system without some type of organization. Libertarians are missing an easy opportunity to collaborate with a large number of voters.