“No hope of winning without the social conservatives, who are the larger group and who will refuse to vote if the basic principles are not kept up by the party”
So,,, they can stamp *their* feet and stay home, and thats cool. But, a libertarian should abandon *their* principles, and support the social conservatives candidate and shut up? That about it??
In most countries, libertarians would be one of 6 or 7 minor parties. The bigger party would be forced to accept some of their positions in order to form a workable majority. We have two parties, so those deals must be made within the party. Some republicans want a party solely dedicated to wall street, others want it centered around Christianity, and others want classial libertarian freedom. All three must accomodate each other. If they do, we can end this budding dictatorship. If social conservatives can do it without wall street or libertarians, great,,,,, but we all know thats not the case.
The Reagan revolution also happened during dark economic times. Libertarians did well, as did Christians, as did wall street,,,, everyone got something.
Thats just a hard cold fact.
Social conservatives don’t stamp their feet. That’s a libertarian habit.