 I'm often asked why am I a libertarian, there are two reasons. The deepest one is just the way I was raised. I was raised in a lower middle class, working class household. My father went to sixth grade, he worked as a pipe fitter in a shipyard. And the values that my parents instilled, they were not political in any conscious way, but the values my parents instilled in me were, you know, don't be envious of other people, work hard, respect other people, never make excuses for any of your failings and, you know, never feel, you know, too boastful about your successes. And that upbringing combined with my exposure to economics, I remember the date, it was January 17th, 1977, and I saw a supply and demand curves and the teacher said, look, here's what happens when government imposes a price cap on oil and gas. We have oil shortages and growing up in the 1970s, I realized, oh my gosh, now I understand why I've actually waited for hours in a car to buy gasoline. Now I understand why gas is in short supply. So seeing basic economics is better explained how the world worked, combined with this just general upbringing of, look, you are responsible for yourself, no one's responsible for you. I think naturally leads to being a libertarian.