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Long Love Affairs With Libertarianism

Submitted by Clay Shentrup, Jan 24, 2007 21:38

Despite the powerful pro-liberty effect of the Internet, Libertarians aren't going to have any chance in real political elections, until they wise up, and change the voting method. Libertarians must work work with Greens and others to implement Range Voting, or they will all suffer the fate of every single alternative party in US history - they will dissolve, or at least stop running candidates, and become something more like the NRA.

The Center for Range Voting (http://RangeVoting.org/) was created in 2005, to educate and advocate for Range Voting. The Libertarian Reform Caucus already gets it:

Clay Shentrup - Libertarian, and Skeptic fan
Seattle, WA

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Feb 17, 2007 07:35

Despite the powerful pro-liberty effect of the Internet, Libertarians aren't going to have any chance in real political elections, until...

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Jan 24, 2007 05:53

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