I happen to agree with Vermi on government overreach, expansion of police powers, and eroding civil liberties. Where I differ is that I believe a libertarian approach to this stuff takes a disciplined mind. I'm in favor of straight up boring bureaucratic solutions most people are too dumb to understand or get excited about. Basically I think the only way a third party movement can stem the tide of bad policy is with a raw competence that embarrasses the other two parties. Which is why shit like 1776 parallels to violent revolution, reflexively anti-government reactions, and pretending some old fuck from Nevada who breaches contracts is a hero, turns my stomach. Ron Paul trots around with the word Revolution over his head, while Gary Johnson says "The military is 47 percent over budget, cut its budget by 47 percent." One of these ideas has a chance with a complacent public who hasn't seen the ugly side of state-sponsored violence, the other one does not.
