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What's happening with the US Libertarian Party?

Journal by khallow
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?
 

Reply to: Re:It's Important to Remember...

    (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday September 27 2022, @11:52PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 27 2022, @11:52PM (#1273940)
    Let's discuss this "nothing" a little further. I'll note a few nothings:
    • Your criticism wasn't based on my actions - indicating it applies equally no matter what I do.
    • You have demonstrated no understanding of election systems or how they work.
    • A huge bit of that missing understanding is in failing to acknowledge that elections have many voters. I'm being held responsible for the actions of people that have different interests and about which I can do nothing aside from the sort of public communication I do now.
    • A repeated insistence that I'm saying nothing/making excuses/party propaganda, even though that's patently false.

    At this point, you have yet to present even the slightest reason why we should care what you think of this thread. I certainly don't care about your meaningless insistence that facts and reasoning are somehow excuses and propaganda. That insistence just signals that you have nothing to say.

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