I guess he means that libertarianism is mainly anti-statism, with statism being the imposed/de-facto religion nowadays.
On the other hand, the blind faith in the 'forces of the market' is another politically deistic stance, so i don't know how 'politically atheist' it is.
> the blind faith in the 'forces of the market' is another politically deistic stance
It's really humanist. It's the idea that none of us is as smart as all of us. Markets are considered distorted when they aren't free or start to resemble other types of organizations like autocracies, aristocracies, plutocracies, kleptocracies, etc.
So there is faith, but it's in humanity as a group, not magic math per se.
It's the idea that none of us is as smart as all of us
That's the idea behind democracy. I believe the idea behind libertarianism is quite the opposite (that the few that are better should not be hindered by the hivemind).
On the other hand, the blind faith in the 'forces of the market' is another politically deistic stance, so i don't know how 'politically atheist' it is.