Although I find Kenyon’s analysis of the radical socialists interesting, ultimately I disagree with his categorization of libertarianism’s 3 options:
- Libertarians can allow themselves to be absorbed into the Republican Party and work to expand the Liberty caucus.
- Libertarians can abandon the Republican Party to work exclusively through the Libertarian Party.
- Libertarians can jettison electoral politics altogether and refuse to be governed by majoritarianism and statism.
The first one will happen to the Tea Party movement. The second one is not workable, as the author admits. Nothing can be done about either. As for the truly radical approach, we are not violent revolutionaries and are never going to be.
What’s missing from that article is something fundamental — people get the government they deserve. We need to make this country deserve better. If a choir chants “we” in chorus, it is still the individuals speaking. Unless libertarians actively change individuals, society will not budge.
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