And at the end of Nolan's list of advantages (covering such topics as
education, strategic positioning, and identifying like-minded people) we find:
"An finally, there is always the possibility that we might actually get some
libertarians elected."
"Thomas L. Knapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Quoth Richard Shepard:
> I have now heard several times over the last week or so that the
founders of the LP never really expected the LP to be a "political
party," and that the fundamental purpose in forming the party was to
educate the public in matters of liberty.
>
> First, isn't that what CATO, Reason, Heartland and several others do?
>
> Second, if indeed the purpose of the party founders was not
political why on earth did they form a political party? They could
have formed a PAC, or a think tank, or an interest group like the ACLU.
>
> Third, they DID form a political party. Why should anybody be
surprised if its members want it to act like one?
There's no real need to wonder what the founders of the LP intended it
to be or do -- they, or at least the man generally regarded as "the
founder," set out their agenda in writing several months before
founding the party pursuant to that agenda. The article was titled
"The Case for a Libertarian Political Party," by David Nolan. It was
published in the July/August 1971 of the Individualist (SIL's, now
ISIL's, periodical at the time), and it's available online at:
http://elfsoft.home.mindspring.com/politics/nolan.htm
Regards,
Tom Knapp
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