Word: libertarianism
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...According to Harris, “the Libertarian Party is a joke,” (another widely-held view amongst “academic libertarians”). Harris thinks that even serious libertarians will continue along traditional party lines...
...More and more people will be libertarian-leaning in their views, but I think the parties will stay the same because the people who vote for parties as independents have much less of a vote,” Harris explains. “Only people who are active in the parties can get people elected...
...Loewer echoes Harris. While Cornell’s libertarian club maintains a healthy 50 member average “on paper,” Loewer believes that Libertarianism as a party and political force is still pretty far away. But he maintains that libertarian philosophy will become a force to be reckoned with in American politics, whether or not it’s under the libertarian banner...
...Among the self-declared libertarians, there seems to be two schools of thought as to why libertarianism as an organized force remains weak. The first is the power of the entrenched two-party system. Secondly, and more importantly, it seems that libertarians will not organize into Libertarians any time soon because of a lack of understanding. With such a multi-faceted philosophy, many people are confused as to where they fit into the libertarian spectrum or, even worse, don’t know that they fit into the libertarian spectrum...
...Harris sees the lack of self-identification and organization as a problem as well. “A major minority are libertarian leaning people,” he says, “but they are a sizable group that is not nearly organized or self identified enough to vote as a block. People have no idea that they are libertarian...