Are libertarians losing because their movement is a bunch of lame, whining, weak, neckbearded cucks?

Today's episode of the Freedom Report podcast is a speech given by Libertarian Party presidential candidate Austin Petersen at LibertyFest in NYC on October 10th, 2015. 

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to talk to you today about one thing: Fighting for freedom.

Now, I know, as libertarians, we're not used to fighting.

Not because we're wimps.

Not because we're neckbeards.

Not because we're betas and cucks.

Not because we're whatever the liberals at Salon or the white nationalists at The Right Stuff think we are.

No, because fighting is almost always irrational.

But my friends, we are up against irrational people.

And if you doubt that, you've only to look at the two major parties.

I always find it interesting to watch the difference between how those parties govern and how they campaign.

When they govern, they take an entire loaf of freedom that we used to have like it's nothing, and then, just to show how magnanimous they are, they toss a few crumbs back to us.

And then, when campaign season rolls around, you know what they do?

They say, 'Look at all these crumbs you have! If someone else gets elected, you won't have those. Isn't that horrible?'

And it works!

Because no one is standing there saying, 'Screw the crumbs! We want the whole loaf of bread back, and we’ll take it by force if we have to!’

All we do is mouth platitudes at them about how there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

Well, it's not enough to say 'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.'

We have to stop these bullies from getting their free lunch by taking it from us!

Now, if we want to do that, we’ve got an uphill battle.

Because it is now crystal clear that we can expect no help from the two major parties.

Let’s start with the Republicans.

Now, I know a lot of people here probably think the Republicans are great because of Rand Paul.

But you know what? Rand Paul’s not leading the polls.

Donald Trump is leading the polls.

Now, Donald Trump’s a lot of fun. He’s a great entertainer.

But if you think Republicans have anything in common with libertarians, look at what Trump stands for.

He’s more socialist than Barack Obama on universal healthcare.

Elizabeth Warren loves his tax plan because it targets Wall Street.

And he wants to leave Medicare and Social Security untouched.

I thought this was what those ‘evil, socialist Democrats’ were supposed to be like.

So why’s Donald Trump leading in the polls?

I’ll tell you why.

Because he wants to round up every illegal immigrant in this country, deport them to Mexico, and build a wall to keep them out.

And that’s all you have to say to get the Republican base to love you.

They will sell our country out for socialism, just as long as they don’t have to dial “1” for English.

I guess hitting a button on your phone is a microaggression?

So while the Republicans might have helped us in the past, let’s not kid ourselves.

They may say they support innovation, but when a Muslim boy builds a clock, they try to shut down him down more fiercely than patent trolls.

They may say they support economic freedom, but when an immigrant wants to sell her labor for less than a white man, they complain about unfair competition louder than unions.

They may say they support the rule of law, but when a bigoted county clerk refuses to do her job, they talk like they’re defending sanctuary cities.

They may say they want the government out of marriage and family, but they cheer when Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee audition for the role of American Ayatollah.

Don’t mistake their opportunism for principle.

And the Democrats? Don’t make me laugh.

Oh sure, they’ll complain lo