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**Trientoriciom** · 06-24-2012, 10:25 PM

I think the party likes it that way. Provided the PTB's can use it in their favor..

I'd like to see hard rules also.. The R's really are deficient as a party because of things like this.

Frankly, I think neither party serves American interests and deserve to be replaced with more transparent and democratic alternatives.

The problem being both parties are run by people, and people have interests. The county/district level positions are often held by small people who are willing to put in the work because they like the power. If the libertarian party got bigger, they'd have the same problem. People like politics and people like power. A truly individualist party cannot exist because there aren't enough selfless people who care enough about the process to let ideas counter to theirs (or people other than who they choose) come out on top. This is politics. You can get rid of government in an attempt to remove it, but people will still band together and this kind of thing will happen again. It sucks, but there are much bigger issues to worry about.

06-24-2012, 10:25 PM	#8
Trientoriciom Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 444 Senior Member	I think the party likes it that way. Provided the PTB's can use it in their favor.. I'd like to see hard rules also.. The R's really are deficient as a party because of things like this. Frankly, I think neither party serves American interests and deserve to be replaced with more transparent and democratic alternatives. The problem being both parties are run by people, and people have interests. The county/district level positions are often held by small people who are willing to put in the work because they like the power. If the libertarian party got bigger, they'd have the same problem. People like politics and people like power. A truly individualist party cannot exist because there aren't enough selfless people who care enough about the process to let ideas counter to theirs (or people other than who they choose) come out on top. This is politics. You can get rid of government in an attempt to remove it, but people will still band together and this kind of thing will happen again. It sucks, but there are much bigger issues to worry about.
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