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== The Libertarian Party ==
 
== The Libertarian Party ==
US third parties are often a joke, but the LPUSA is a particularly funny one.  It is by far the most public face of libertarianism, and to many libertarians it is libertarian orthodoxy.  Indeed, many LP members don't seem to know that there are other libertarians with other beliefs.  Like some other third parties, it was founded with funding from billionaires, the Koch brothers.  The LPUSA has been crippled by internal conflict, corruption, declining membership, purges, featherbedding, grotesquely radical platforms, repulsive candidates and a preference for preaching to rather than serving the public.  Consequently, few LPUSA candidates get elected to positions higher than dogcatcher, and then often as stealth candidates in nonpartisan elections.
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US third parties are often a joke, but the LPUSA is a particularly funny one.  It is by far the most public face of libertarianism, and to many libertarians it is libertarian orthodoxy.  Indeed, many LP members don't seem to know that there are other libertarians with other beliefs.  Like some other third parties, it was founded with funding from billionaires (the Koch brothers.) The LPUSA has been crippled by internal conflict, corruption, declining membership, purges, featherbedding, grotesquely radical platforms, repulsive candidates and a preference for preaching to rather than serving the public.  Consequently, few LPUSA candidates get elected to positions higher than dogcatcher, and then often as stealth candidates in nonpartisan elections.
  
 
== Conclusion ==
 
== Conclusion ==

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