What Happened To The Libertarian Party?
http://www.libertyunbound.com/”>This very long account at Liberty magazine reminds me of Libertarian Party conventions that I attended as a delegate in the early 1980s. There were a lot of well-intentioned, fairly naive, often very smart people there. And there were a lot of complete and utter kooks, too, often with pretty severe emotional problems. I disconnected from the Libertarian Party in the late 1980s, even while remaining sympathetic to their positions, because it became apparent that it was a delusion to think that this bunch would ever be electorally successful on a national scale. (They have at times been regionally important players.) Those that were at all mainstream in their values tended to leave, and what remained behind seemed to be people who were decidedly out of the mainstream–people for whom the emotional satisfaction of being a big fish in a small pond took precedence over actually winning. There are doubtless a lot of well-intentioned sorts remaining active in t
