Only a bad joke in that we keep nominating nutsos who say they want to do unconstitutional things. Otherwise, the people we elect in smaller offices are simple moderate social liberals/economic conservatives who basically want the government smaller. We're better in practice than any other party.
"second, that they don't believe in the social contract, emergent societal behavior, or any other sensible approach to dealing with a modern society and therefore are not a suitable home for progressives"
I'm going to have to strongly disagree and, pending an explanation, think you're a jerk who knows nothing about politics, economics, society, or Libertarians. Sorry. That's just such a mess of words that don't mean anything with no concrete ideas behind it. I could as soon say the democratic party has no real foresight on socio-economic issues or innovative ways for dealing with timeless issues and is therefore a party suited only for old, rich people with too much time on their hands. It is just as empty, meaningless, and pompous.
And I guess just because the president is so visibly a head of his party, you assume he has a lot of power and only toes the party line. Despite this third party getting his ear on things that really matter to us, like the fair tax. We don't have to elect anyone to get our ideas into practice, and for someone for whom ideas are more important than those who espouse them, that's what matters to me.
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Am I getting snarky in websnark's journal? o.o
Date: 2004-12-24 07:31 pm (UTC)"second, that they don't believe in the social contract, emergent societal behavior, or any other sensible approach to dealing with a modern society and therefore are not a suitable home for progressives"
I'm going to have to strongly disagree and, pending an explanation, think you're a jerk who knows nothing about politics, economics, society, or Libertarians. Sorry. That's just such a mess of words that don't mean anything with no concrete ideas behind it. I could as soon say the democratic party has no real foresight on socio-economic issues or innovative ways for dealing with timeless issues and is therefore a party suited only for old, rich people with too much time on their hands. It is just as empty, meaningless, and pompous.
And I guess just because the president is so visibly a head of his party, you assume he has a lot of power and only toes the party line. Despite this third party getting his ear on things that really matter to us, like the fair tax. We don't have to elect anyone to get our ideas into practice, and for someone for whom ideas are more important than those who espouse them, that's what matters to me.