Miles White Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) I decided to make a post about this topic because I thought that it was worth adressing. The Libertarian party has a caucus called The Libertarian Reform Caucus which is a caucus that has generally decided to take a more incrementalist approch towards implementing their principals. According to their party platform, they agree to take a more interventionist foreign policy, however there are still issues with the caucus that are considerably undesirable but then again coming from an incrementalist point of view arn't quit so bad. I beleive that these reforms made to the party would be over all for the best rather than worst. Perhaps if these reforms are made, the Libertarian party won't be such a bad party to support after all. http://reformthelp.org/platform/shortB/ Edited March 9, 2008 by Miles White Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_aver Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 How voting for incremental destroyers is not as bad as voting for immediate destroyers, if you have a choice not to vote for them at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWaters Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 [The Libertarian Party agreed] to take a more interventionist foreign policy, ... This still does not really say anything useful. Interventionism is a bad concept. It includes foreign policy that are not of rational self-interest, such as getting involved in pointless wars like Vietnam. Interventionism also includes foreign policy that is of rational self-interest, such as launching tactical air strikes against a hostile nation that is aggressively pursuing uranium enrichment technology. Thus, to say that one is adopting a more interventionist foreign policy does not tell me if they will do more of the former, which is bad, or more of the latter, which can be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brenner Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I decided to make a post about this topic because I thought that it was worth adressing. The Libertarian party has a caucus called The Libertarian Reform Caucus which is a caucus that has generally decided to take a more incrementalist approch towards implementing their principals. According to their party platform, they agree to take a more interventionist foreign policy, however there are still issues with the caucus that are considerably undesirable but then again coming from an incrementalist point of view arn't quit so bad. I beleive that these reforms made to the party would be over all for the best rather than worst. Perhaps if these reforms are made, the Libertarian party won't be such a bad party to support after all. I don't see how some of the reforms suggested for the Libertarian Party's platform improve that document. These suggestions in and of themselves are not necessarily about limiting the scope of government or expanding individual liberty. 4. Make healthcare more efficient, flexible, and affordable. 5. Adopt effective and balanced environmental protections. Finally, why is an "incrementalist approach" preferable to a radical approach? After all, Republicans since the time of Reagan and Gingrich have taken an incrementalist approach to cutting back government and have only succeeded in making it bigger. Remember what the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison said, "Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaszloWalrus Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 None of this changes the fact that by working within the Libertarian Party, these reformers have granted the premise that Libertarians are pro-liberty. One that concession is made, there is nothing they can do to make effective changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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