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Given how often libertarians are mentioned here, I thought this would be interesting. And maybe there's some people with a lot more insight into what's going on.
A few months back (May 29), the national leadership of the Libertarian Party (the "Big L" political party, not the "small l" belief system) was taken over by a group called the "Mises Caucus". While their platform seems to be a mundane version of a normal platform.
In recent days, there's several state level "rebellions" which seems to indicate that the schism between the old guard and them isn't going away any time soon.
For me, they do seem to tilt at absolutist windmills rather than do stuff they want done - which is a common libertarian flaw. And the implicit emphasis on Mises economics is a huge problem for me. Their stance against vaccination and supporting Trump's allegations of election fraud seem pretty shifty.
OTOH, the previous leadership didn't seem all that interested in libertarianism. Maybe this will shake things up in a useful way?
So what are peoples' takes on this?
A few months back (May 29), the national leadership of the Libertarian Party (the "Big L" political party, not the "small l" belief system) was taken over by a group called the "Mises Caucus". While their platform seems to be a mundane version of a normal platform.
In recent days, there's several state level "rebellions" which seems to indicate that the schism between the old guard and them isn't going away any time soon.
For me, they do seem to tilt at absolutist windmills rather than do stuff they want done - which is a common libertarian flaw. And the implicit emphasis on Mises economics is a huge problem for me. Their stance against vaccination and supporting Trump's allegations of election fraud seem pretty shifty.
OTOH, the previous leadership didn't seem all that interested in libertarianism. Maybe this will shake things up in a useful way?
So what are peoples' takes on this?
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday September 26 2022, @09:55AM
I keep hearing that, but then here's your argument:
No, I don't. That's your bullshit speaking. The obvious rebuttal here is that we know how elections work and they are obviously weak control mechanisms at best. It's profoundly stupid to expect to handle everything in society through them, and then inevitably, blame the voters for failing to have the degree of control over the system that elections won't give. It's a dysfunctional argument that has no place in rational discussion.
Instead, go with stuff that works. For example, the corporation - both for profit and non profit - is a decent group organizing system that gets used everywhere. The Libertarian Party itself is one such organization. The media site I referenced, reason.com is another. SoylentNews is a third.