Tactically, perhaps Libertarians would do better joining forces with Democrats rather than Republicans. I mean, Libertarians want to do things like keep the government out of their personal lives, yet Republicans seem to be fascinated with regulating people (especially in the bedroom). Libertarians want less regulation, yet so far the only ones who seem to have benefited from deregulation have been the very large and the very rich, rather than the very ordinary.
Granted, Democrats like to regulate things, but they are also open to discussion, preferring a general progressive drift rather than a specific one (of course there are exceptions, but aren't there always). More importantly, the Democratic Party is not dominated by Authoritarians, which means that they may actually be open for a give and take, that there are no egos riding on a specific plan, just on making things better in a way that can be determined at a later date. Republicans allow no such deviations.
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