I think we should use labels carefully.  The far left is totalitarian and use force.  The far right is totalitarian and use force.  Progressives want to move forward in many sectors, while conservatives want to conserve much of what we have now.   Libertarians are the opposite of all of these viewpoints because they want to limit government control and power and want to maximize freedom in the "boardroom and the bedroom."  Libertarianism, small l not big L, is what many Americans now believe in, and what many Catholics now believe in.