I don’t necessarily agree. Libertarianism can be opposed to authoritarianism and can extend the boundaries of freedom in a society. I believe you need libertarianism and socialism to secure negative and positive freedoms (freedom from & freedom to), respectively.
The first libertarians were Anarchists. Only in the US did it get re-coined to mean "socially liberal, fiscally conservative." Scare quotes because I don't think that's logically consistent.
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