One problem with the National Conservatives, and the unspoken reason they hate libertarians so much, is that much of their platform clings to Progressive Era institutions, whether it’s the Federal Reserve, the income tax, or the militarism and force projection of empire. Paleos are a mirror that expose the NatCons to the truth that, at least in American-historical terms, they are not the real conservatives in the room, as they increasingly defend relatively new and destructive institutions in America. On almost all issues, libertarians are much more interested in actually providing answers to deep questions about war, inflation, and social and economic decay, and their solutions tend to go to the heart of preserving both American tradition and civilization as a whole. While the NatCons like to focus on decadent threats to the family, culture, morality, and the sacred order, and will claim that libertarians only care about legalizing vice, the NatCons often ignore the institutional transgressions that get us to Weimar conditions in the first place.