Is Gary Johnson the Answer?
from author Vinay Kolhatkar: "Is the former Republican two-term Governor who is pro-choice, anti-eminent domain, and pro-marijuana legalization, able to articulate the truth? The way he sees it, yes. Imperfectly. He is grasping. Without the foundation of a proper philosophical framework, he errs. A lot."
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Furthermore, a vote for Gary Johnson does not have the same effect on the outcome as a vote for Hillary Clinton. Example: There are 100 votes for Trump and 91 votes for Hillary. If 5 of these voters switch from Trump to Hillary, she wins by 1 vote. If instead, 5 of those voters switch from Trump to Gary Johnson, Trump wins by 4 votes. Big difference.
If the question is about Legalization - Yes
Not a real good combination there.
I don't understand how you could even contemplate that.
Japan wisely does not allow Mosques in Japan which in effect limits Muslim infiltration. Islam is either a religion of war or an army with religion.
2) Would you, like some Objectivists, not vote for Johnson because he represents the LP, which is better extinguished so that liberty can have a true platform? As in, anything that is "libertarian" is anti-liberty?
3) Is Johnson worth giving more air time to, so he can put certain matters before the electorate (fiat money, eminent domain, bankruptcy of the Republic) that are not getting any air time?
Those are the three questions. Q2 and Q3 are addressed in teh linked essay.
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And is THE answer to the question, "Of all the candidates for U.S. president in 2016, who is most pro-freedom?"
I have this hope of less-gov't Republicans and Democrats going to the LP b/c of the problems people have with people like Trump and Clinton. If that happened, would we be in the majority?
We'd also need someone to keep us applying less-gov't across the board. The vast majority wants to cut gov't except for things we personally agree with. Some people say their for less gov't, but not military spending. I'm for less gov't but I'm open to spending to help the poor. (The selfish reasons for that are a story for another time.) A successful LP would have to allow just enough spending on military, assistance for the poor, education, etc to avoid being too radical but not so much that they lose libertarian-ness. This would be a tightrope. Even it walked that tightrope well, we'd still have to sell people on giving up their research grant, drug-enforcement job, health insurance subsidy, military base that provides jobs, and so on. It's so easy to rationalize. "I'm for cutting gov't across the board, except for things like my cancer research that could affect millions of people."
I was strongly for Clinton from the beginning all during the primaries up until I thought Johnson had a remote shot. Now that's it's getting closer and there's a chance of Trump winning, A vote for Johnson is not the same as a vote for Clinton. I'm starting to chicken out.
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