[831] in libertarians
Re: More from Browne
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin THEOBALD)
Mon Mar 20 20:57:30 1995
From: theobald@duke.cs.mcgill.ca (Kevin THEOBALD)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 20:54:35 -0500
In-Reply-To: Derek Rose's message [Re: More from Browne] as of Mar 20, 18:42
To: Derek Rose <rosed@world.std.com>, Raymie Stata <raymie@larch.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
| > Finally, lets take a look at this issue of "support[ing] the candidate with
| > a chance of winning, and of truly changing the debate." Understand that a
| > chance of winning and changing the debate are mutually exclusive.
|
| Wait a second... the LP has been running candidates for what, 20+ years?
| The debate has certainly changed somewhat, but more because of
| institutions like Cato and libertarian writers than because of any great
| strides of the party, I'd say.
|
| I think this claim is really extraordinary in light of the last
| elections, which propelled the Cato Institute into the status of the
| "hottest think tank in Washington" and has led to the reexamination of a
| whole lot of issues, such as the hazardous effects of affirmative action,
| regulation, etc.
So it sounds like you're *agreeing* with what he said: "a chance of winning
and changing the debate are mutually exclusive." It looks like libertarians
have been doing a lot of the latter and little of the former.
Kevin Theobald
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