Difference between revisions of "Libertarian Party Platforms"
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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.) | ||
| − | 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 | + | 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 pledge is nonsensical because of [[Property Is Coercive|the violence inherent in the institution of property.]] The purpose of the pledge is as a fig leaf; to give libertarians plausible deniability of the 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. |
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