Anarcho-Capitalist NEWS: Perry Willis: An Open Letter to the Libertarian Movement

I've heard it for forty years: “Libertarians have a marketing problem.” Never mind that…

30-million Americans now self-identify as libertarian.
Another 30-million hold mostly libertarian views.
Opinion polls routinely show majority support for libertarian stances on most issues.

Even more incredible — all of this was achieved with little visibility and despite outright hostility from the media and academia. Yet somehow libertarians still think their ideas aren’t being accepted. That’s because…

The media tells us so.
Libertarian Party candidates continue to score single-digit vote percentages.
Congress continues to pass one horrible law after another.

But that third thing is a consequence of the second thing which is a result of the first thing!

The media only covers the Left and the Right. People then vote defensively between those two choices — for the “lesser of two evils.” Even most libertarians vote this way! It’s a natural “game theory” consequence of “media agenda setting” and “winner-takes-all” elections.

So we libertarians are judging our progress by what our enemies say about us. That’s like the Boston Red Sox deciding they’re no good because the New York Yankees say so. Meanwhile…

The entire country has actually moved in our direction!

It bears repeating…

Many millions self-identify as libertarian.
Many millions more hold mostly libertarian views.
Majorities agree with the general libertarian approach on most issues.

We libertarians are winning the intellectual war without even realizing it.

http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2018/12/perry-willis-an-open-letter-to-the-libertarian-movement/

Quote :: I also believe that the claim that the years of being “consistent and persistent” led to popular opinion changing on issues like drugs is a considerable overestimation of the effect libertarianism actually had on those issues.

Quote :: We are seeing a lot more support for marijuana legalization, but the masses remain uninterested in ending the war on hard drugs, such as heroin. But for Libertarians to credit ourselves with this shift in popular opinion is akin to a fly landing on a lead horse’s nose and imagining himself directing the parade.

The culture moved to the left due to the liberals pushing the social agenda across decades and NOT because of libertarians promoting it.

Anarcho-Capitalist NEWS: Perry Willis: An Open Letter to the Libertarian Movement

Anarcho-Capitalist NEWS: Perry Willis: An Open Letter to the Libertarian Movement

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