Originally posted by: Xavier434
Originally posted by: BoberFett
Originally posted by: Xavier434
Good ideas are not worth much until you are in a position to turn them into a reality. I am not saying that I support Libertarian ideas because in most cases I tend to disagree, but the point is that until they learn how to play the political game better they will never get into office. Even if they did get into office without changing how they are trying to do so, they probably wouldn't get anything done half the time because once in office you need to learn how to play the game right so that ideas and debates turn into agreed upon decisions and/or laws. Most of the Libertarians I know personally as well as most of those on this forum rarely compromise with anything. It's always their way or the highway. That is one reason why they will never win.
The game exists because those in power want to keep it. By voting for Democrats and Republicans you perpetuate the game. The Iraq war is your fault every bit as much as it someone who voted for Bush because you keep voting for the same two parties over and over. You keep the game going. You keep evil in power.
That is quite extreme to say the least.
Here is the deal. No matter how much one person or one party may actually know what is best for this country, it is worthless to America unless they know how to put their methods into action. That means that they need to learn how to play the game so that once they win they can change the game. However, they refuse to compromise and that right there is one of the cornerstone reasons why I will never support them.
This country is forever changing. We face new problems all of the time. These problems are tackled by those with the power in attempt to fix them. Those who attempt to fix these problems sometimes come up with good ideas and other times they come up with bad ideas. No single person or party always comes up with good ideas though. Therefore, in order to really do what is best for this country, we must put people into power who are willing to change their ways. They need to be willing to admit they are wrong. They need to be willing to compromise.
I don't care who you are or what party you support. If you are not able to show me that you are willing to compromise then you will not get my vote. I do not believe there is any room in this country for a single die hard political party or view point of any kind. Things change too much for that. It is ok to lean towards one side more than another side most of time, but if you are not willing to change how much you are leaning at any time then you are going to screw us up. When it comes to Libertarians in particular, they just so happen to be a lot less willing to compromise than most other people that I have met or spoken to that belong to other parties. That is a major reason why I do not support them right now and will never support them until they prove to me that they are willing to change more so than they are willing to right now.
Last but most certainly not least, I believe that this country needs more government than Libertarians do. I do not believe we should have too much, but having too little is just as bad if not worse imo. There just are not enough people who are willing to work together enough for the greater good of a massive single society in order to do it any other way. Too many people believe in too many different things and they are all willing to fight for them. Unfortunately, not many will be willing to fight for their beliefs in a civil and productive way. We need to be controlled more than that otherwise everything that we have will fall apart over disagreement and disorganization. People will demand more order if we do that. They will demand more government than a Libertarian government.