The Libertarian Party is controlled by the same group of people that control the 'mainstream' Democrats, and Republicans.. That's why they do not nominate actual Libertarians but instead nominate corrupted Libertarians with questionable histories and values.
Trump went there to make this obvious.. Trump has the most Libertarian ideals of any viable candidate since Goldwater in 68 - and the Libertarian party somehow fails to align? Not normally without corruption.. Also, Ron Paul in 92, 2008, and 2012 got more alignment from the Libertarian Party - but I would guess that's because TPTB knew they could steer the discussion away from Paul.
Yep, can confirm. By the time I was briefly involved with the LP a couple of decades ago, it was clear pretty quickly that they'd been co-opted by the RINOs (at least in the state where I was living).
It was kinda weird, actually. After I contacted them for local info, but before I even attended my first meeting, a party bigwig (a college prof who held some non-teaching role) drove four hours across the state to take me, a total stranger to lunch. It felt really sus, but I couldn't quite make out his intent.
I definitely noticed right off the bat, though, a goodly dose of what you might call "repressive tolerance." Like he was already trying to make sure that this newbie didn't really mean that the party should work for actual liberty.
The Libertarian Party is controlled by the same group of people that control the 'mainstream' Democrats, and Republicans.. That's why they do not nominate actual Libertarians but instead nominate corrupted Libertarians with questionable histories and values.
Trump went there to make this obvious.. Trump has the most Libertarian ideals of any viable candidate since Goldwater in 68 - and the Libertarian party somehow fails to align? Not normally without corruption.. Also, Ron Paul in 92, 2008, and 2012 got more alignment from the Libertarian Party - but I would guess that's because TPTB knew they could steer the discussion away from Paul.
This. Those true libertarians spell it with a small 'L' and don't associate with the Party.
Yep, can confirm. By the time I was briefly involved with the LP a couple of decades ago, it was clear pretty quickly that they'd been co-opted by the RINOs (at least in the state where I was living).
It was kinda weird, actually. After I contacted them for local info, but before I even attended my first meeting, a party bigwig (a college prof who held some non-teaching role) drove four hours across the state to take me, a total stranger to lunch. It felt really sus, but I couldn't quite make out his intent.
I definitely noticed right off the bat, though, a goodly dose of what you might call "repressive tolerance." Like he was already trying to make sure that this newbie didn't really mean that the party should work for actual liberty.