I don't think we'll ever get rid of political parties but what I do think the Internet could do is bring the libertarian concept you speak of a little closer to

I don't think we'll ever get rid of political parties but what I do think the Internet could do is bring the libertarian concept you speak of a little closer to reality. The problem before now is no one has any idea what their local city council person or state legislator believes. Since TV is geared towards mass dissemination and that was people's primary means of being informed. The Internet gives local citizens a way to evaluate their local government in the same way they evaluate Presidential candidates now which makes giving more power to the local governments a lot more plausible.