"Lowell C. Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part: >Hmm. That's an interesting take. I will say, however, that what you are >looking at is a move away from the middle--the opposite of the cases I was >discussing.
Not necessarily. Given certain mixtures of policy positions (provided none of them are radical/extreme), either major party could move toward libertarianism and still move toward the middle, or at least no farther away from the middle. For example, facilitation of medical marijuana by GOP Congressional leadership would be a move toward the middle, while at the same time a move toward libertarianism. (Not that I think medical marijuana is worthwile working on now; it'll soon be overtaken by non-smoked cannabis-derived drugs.) The Democratic leadership could move both toward the middle and toward libertarianism by opposing affirmative action requirements. So, for instance, people could move into positions of trust within the major parties and then support moves toward the middle as above, opposing the interests of those who installed them to begin with, but using party loyalty as a way of keeping on the new course. In Your Sly Tribe, Robert _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
