Your Political Party
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I'm anti-union, but I think you're right in that it's not really the problem. I think government interference is largely responsible for the dismantling of union efficiency. Again, just my observation.
Couldn't agree more. Although I think theaveragelibertarian identifies him or herself to be in agreeance with those stances. The exception being anti-religion. I think most endorse separation of church and state, but support the free practice of any religion.
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Looks like the democrats are busing people in to boost their numbers.
I voted libertarian reluctantly, I believe in dismantling the US as it stands and making it more of like old Europe so the PNW can break off and become amazing and my tax dollars won't goto fund Merlin s kids.
I voted libertarian reluctantly, I believe in dismantling the US as it stands and making it more of like old Europe so the PNW can break off and become amazing and my tax dollars won't goto fund Merlin s kids.
No fucking clue. Haha. Just read it was a considerable contender. I included it in the off chance someone here could educate me/us on it.
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The libertarian party is basically the living embodiment of cognitive dissonance. The constitution party is like the tea party yes, their 2012 candidate was a fearmonger and corporate whore in Virginia. I'm curious to see how the Justice Party does in the future. Their platform is similar to the Green Party without sounding so much like the incapable Occupy movement.
But without a change to how votes are counted and how much money people can spend on campaigns, all the minority parties are doomed to irrelevance.
But without a change to how votes are counted and how much money people can spend on campaigns, all the minority parties are doomed to irrelevance.
Im with Adebisi, except I am not completely anti-union. I am a member of the UAW and while I support my union, theres a few people who run the local one I am a part of that I do not support. Unions were for fair wages and steady work among other things so the corporation couldnt just do as they please. But a lot of the people running the unions these days will easily give in to the corporate side of things it seems.
How so?
As a libertarian, I'm not offended by that question in any way. I'm just curious as to how you've drawn that conclusion.
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Famm
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"Government can't do anything right! We are running for political office to change that!"
Okay, good point. However to that I would say that I think most libertarians today identify themselves as wanting to minimize government, instead of wanting to eliminate it.
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Can't change anything from the outside either but as Sandman said, it's more of just a minimizing of government and not some high school anarchist wet dream.
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You can't really blame them for running as Republicans. The deck is stacked against any 3rd party candidates. You can't get into debates etc. as a third party candidate.
You don't register as a party member in all states.
Personally, I don't believe in identifying as a party member. It just gives you an excuse to stop thinking. Currently I just vote for whomever is on the ballot without an R or a D by their name. If I thought they had a chance of winning I would start putting more thought into which one I would choose. I would have voted for Jill Stein in 2012 if she had been on the ballot in Montana but she wasn't so I voted for Gary Johnson.
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They could run as Democrats, since ideologically consistent Libertarians are just as close to being Democrats as they are Republicans, if not closer. The reason they choose to run as Republicans is because they're generally hypocrites when it comes to social issues.