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What third parties? Would you rather have the libertarians or green party? Maybe a party or candidate with even less of a track record? Neither offer a sane wa

• scaryspooky 10y ago
  I keep seeing this argument, and just because you disagree with libertarian principles doesn't make them more "insane." Dismissing in such a negative way well thought out view points because they don't match your world view is counterproductive to having good policy discussions.
  • duaneb 10y ago
    To me, they are insane. I don't know what to say. They don't bring much to the table I take seriously. I like some of the principles, but it's not a coherent platform. Ironically, the same complaints apply to both the libertarian and the Green Party, though I have more beef with Jill Stein than the platform itself.
• int_19h 10y ago
  The important part is that both support major electoral reform that would enable third parties in general to be viable and to get proportional representation. If they can actually pull it off, I couldn't care less about the rest of their platform - the country can survive 4 years of libertarians or greens, it's seen much worse. The catch is that said reform requires constitutional amendments, and these are gated on the states, not on the federal government (obviously, ratification requires state legislatures, but the states can also call for a constitutional convention, regardless of what the feds think). So supporting third parties on the federal level is pointless from that perspective. If you just want electoral reform, vote third party for state legislature.