Okay, maybe this belongs in the pit, or even great debates. Maybe it’s even been hashed to death in past times. But it’s new to me, so there.
I tend to agree with the libertarian philosophy of financial conservativism and social liberalism. I’ve even gone to a few party meetings. All the people I’ve met who are libertarians, including good friends are nuts.
Plus, I’ve never seen a libertarian elected to anything beyond assistant vice somethamahoozit, so it sure seems like a vote in that direction is wasted.
THANK YOU. I was considering starting this thread myself just yesterday. What is the deal? I used to work with a passle of Libertarians and with one exception they were all nutty as fruitbats. the one that wasn’t nutty was drummed out of the party. She was the party treasurer and they accused her of stealing. A forensic accountant reviewed the books and found not a penny out of place. This convinced the party that she had to be stealing, because if she wasn’t stealing there’d be mistakes.
Then there’s the local party chair who’s an ex-con and has a Gallileo obsession…
Glib answer: Because the established parties don’t pay much attention to out-and-out wackos, since they’re bad for business. So the wackos go elsewhere.
Also, libertarianism has the Answer. Since they have the Answer, everything has to fit into it. If the peg is square, you just pound it hard enough to fit it into the round holes. Same as communists, for that matter.
“What we have here is failure to communicate.” – Strother Martin, anticipating the Internet.
Well, it definitely doesn’t belong here. I could send it to Great Debates, but it will probably end up in the Pit anyway, so I’ll save David B and Gaudere the trouble and move it there directly.