Live and Let Live (regular, revolution, parties, elections)

[Chicago Bob]

Obviously there are different flavors of Libertarian and 3rd party candidates out there but I saw this guy on a ballot in Arizona during the last election with a couple % and think a lot of this views have a lot of merit especially in this current political climate we find ourselves in.

Is it possible for someone like this to ever win an election in the US?

https://www.liveandletliverevolution.com/

If not, why not?

[Thoreau424]

Too many people love the two stupid parties to get beyond them. Sure, there probably are great potential presidential candidates out there, but they have to contend with the locked-case of the Tweedledee and Tweedledum parties. There's no hope as long as people keep supporting that tragedy, which only gets worse by the day. The increasing insanity should be pushing people towards changes, but we just see the opposite: people digging in deeper into the political status-quo poop.

[Dane_in_LA]

Originally Posted by Chicago Bob

Obviously there are different flavors of Libertarian and 3rd party candidates out there but I saw this guy on a ballot in Arizona during the last election with a couple % and think a lot of this views have a lot of merit especially in this current political climate we find ourselves in.

Is it possible for someone like this to ever win an election in the US?

https://www.liveandletliverevolution.com/

If not, why not?

Hardcore libertarians (like this one - I particularly liked his explanation on how, logically, everybody would simply have to be better off if ownership of the Grand Canyon could change to private hands) do occasionally win local elections in the US. It tends to end - badly.

Like this example.

https://newrepublic.com/article/1596...e-town-project

TLDR: Lots of freedom-loving, anti-statist, tax-is-theft people descended on the town of Grafton, New Hampshire and took over the city government. Then the bears showed up. Hungry black bears.

And - well...

Grappling with what to do about the bears, the Graftonites also wrestled with the arguments of certain libertarians who questioned whether they should do anything at all—especially since several of the town residents had taken to feeding the bears, more or less just because they could. One woman, who prudently chose to remain anonymous save for the sobriquet “Doughnut Lady,” revealed to Hongoltz-Hetling that she had taken to welcoming bears on her property for regular feasts of grain topped with sugared doughnuts. If those same bears showed up on someone else’s lawn expecting similar treatment, that wasn’t her problem.