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The current platform is available at [http://www.lp.org/ The Libertarian Party] web page.  Older versions are available at [http://web.archive.org/web/19961106011642/http://www.lp.org/ The Libertarian Party via the WayBackMachine] (Internet Archive.)
 
The current platform is available at [http://www.lp.org/ The Libertarian Party] web page.  Older versions are available at [http://web.archive.org/web/19961106011642/http://www.lp.org/ The Libertarian Party via the WayBackMachine] (Internet Archive.)
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One of the more persistant and comical parts of all the platforms has been "The Pledge": "I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals."  The purpose of the pledge is as a fig leaf; to give them plausible deniability of violent extremism that libertarianism has always attracted. But it's quite amusing to hear how much party members disagree over what it means: whether it is or isn't ok to overthrow the US because it has "initiated force" and they would be "retaliating".  There is no such "restriction" on non-LP libertarians.  And of course, the pledge only "makes sense" [[Property Is Coercive|if you ignore the violence inherent in property.]]
 
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