Are younger voters ripe to be converted to Libertarianism?

2 more yrs of this abortion and they'll be ripe for a lot of things

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And if so how does the movement break through the 2 party chokehold?

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I don't know about that. I believe that most are not ready to be true Libertarians until they reach mid 30s. I think that one has to live life for awhile in order to respect and understand what freedom really is. Sure, you can convert a few young kids who support only the cause of legal drugs but they will not stand fully behind the cause because they don't understand it and only want one thing.

My generation knows nothing about economics. Can't blame them, who would teach them.

So Libertarianism is out of the question. You need to have faith in the market to be a libertarian. And most don't understand or have faith in capitalism.

Young voters don't realize how dependent they actually are on government programs, etc. I know plenty of "conservatives" griping about Obama but also gripe about the outrageous interest rates on their student loans (6%) or receive some type of assistance or subsidy. The needle has been moved so far left that they think they're centrists (or even Republicans), but if they got a taste of true libertarianism, I'm afraid they'd be in for a huge shock.

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Are younger voters ripe to be converted to Libertarianism?

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Absolutely not. As has been touched on in this thread, younger people think they are libertarian, when in fact, they are not.

For example, let's look at drugs. Younger people want the "freedom" to be able to smoke dope, but favor the government intervening and prohibiting employers from being able to fire them or not hire them because of said drug use.

Example two: Birth control. Younger women want the "freedom" to control their own bodies, yet favor the government to compel employers (or the taxpayer) to pay for their birth control.

In the end, the younger generation invariably turns to government to solve their problems (which are often of their own making), which is hardly libertarian.

Oh, and let's look at "economic libertarianism," as it's defined by the actions of the younger generations.

They want to keep their own money, yet favor government taking money from others to pay for social issues with which they are obsessed.

That's hardly libertarian, more like completely self-centered.

The New York Times seems to think that the generation growing up today that will vote for the first time in a presidential election in 2016 has a good chance of leaning conservative.

NY Times

The young are dumb. Politicians already taking advantage of this weakness in society. It's too late.