I Was a Card-Carrying Libertarian: Confessions of a Black Sheep Republican
The problem is Libertarian isnt a political party- its a philosophy. Look at the Reps and Dems, it isnt their mutual beliefs that hold them together. Its what they are against. That being the case, a two party system makes sense in a perverse way.
The problem with Libertarians is, being a philosophy, every disagrees over where it should end. Do we really need local firehouses? Is the income tax ripe to be abolished? When you spend your time infighting about crap like that you dont have a prayer in fundraising or recruiting against parties with great rallying calls like Stop Abortion! (or Stop Stopping Abortion) or Stop Tax Hikes (Stop the Rich from Existing!). Most people feel strongly about a handful of issues and identify with the party that is against whatever messes with those issues. That is totally foriegn to those seeped in Libertarian minutia, where the question of whether no parking signs should exist sends members to the barricades. You cant win that way. Until L’s find an issue they hate more than all the navel gazing they will never galvanize a true coalition.
