Even on the worst days, there are two libertarians on the floor of the House of Representatives.
None of these libertarians are in the Libertarian Party.
I marveled at how two centuries of architects had successfully conspired, with marble, granite, and oak, to exclude a third party.
The most expedient path for libertarians is to work within the red team.
So we cannot appeal to sitting members of the R party or the D party to mend their ways, because they don't see that their ways need mending, and even if they did, they would view such internal reform as against their self-interest.
So there is a way out of this mess, and that is the introduction of a principled, entrepreneurial third party to compete for votes with the Rs and the Ds. The Libertarian Party-fiscally responsible, socially tolerant, and on the ballot in all 50 states-could easily play this role.
If we want a new broom to sweep things clean in Washington, the answer is not the R party or the D party.
http://reason.com/archives/2018/09/22/proposition-libertarians-shoul2
None of these libertarians are in the Libertarian Party.
I marveled at how two centuries of architects had successfully conspired, with marble, granite, and oak, to exclude a third party.
The most expedient path for libertarians is to work within the red team.
So we cannot appeal to sitting members of the R party or the D party to mend their ways, because they don't see that their ways need mending, and even if they did, they would view such internal reform as against their self-interest.
So there is a way out of this mess, and that is the introduction of a principled, entrepreneurial third party to compete for votes with the Rs and the Ds. The Libertarian Party-fiscally responsible, socially tolerant, and on the ballot in all 50 states-could easily play this role.
If we want a new broom to sweep things clean in Washington, the answer is not the R party or the D party.
http://reason.com/archives/2018/09/22/proposition-libertarians-shoul2
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