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Except the Libertarians are not "like" either party.
They are far more liberal than Democrats. And are far "less govt." than Republicans.
So a true Libertarian doesn't "hurt" either of the 2 monopoly parties at all. Sheep will be sheep and continue voting for the 2 parties that have done EVERYTHING wrong to this country in the last 100 years.
As for him only getting 1% of the vote in 2012...see the last sentence I wrote above.
People are scared of big changes. The govt. has us convinced that we can't live our daily lives without their "guidance".
The govt. (feds, state, county, city) feel that every dollar you earn is THEIRS. And they are nice enough to let you keep almost 50% of it by the time they all get done with you (including sales tax).
And they know BETTER than you how you should run your life.
That is what scares the hell out of them about true Libertarians: Any thought that people can pretty much run their own lives and that govt. is a necessary evil that should be kept as unobtrusive as possible gets them to screaming "Anarchy".
No, it's not "anarchy".
99% of the laws in place would still be in place.
But the drug laws would be gone.
Libertarians are pro-choice (no religious nutcases), pro science, pro stem cell research, the police would have their new "powers" cut way back.
In other words...people could have some of the personal freedoms back that this country is supposed to represent.
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