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I do hope you take some time to read what I have written concerning how this campign could be won in a way that advances both libertarian and progressive agendas simultaneously.

I shall take your accusation of my complicity in corporate cronyism and equating the progressivism with tyranny for what it is worth.()

The campaign may have had a plan for winning but they never used it if they did. I blame progressives for not supporting Ron Paul despite his ideological imperfections and I blame sectarian libertarians who assume they have arrived at a perfect understanding of liberty (as meaning the state of being left alone with all involuntary associations being contrary to liberty).

Their insistence on the firm acceptance of all libertarian principles and precepts as an absolute prerequisite to political alliances and coalitions is contrary to the good sense of Dr. Paul as put forth in his transition plan.

Furthermore such stringent requirements which confuses ideals for principles and allows for no compromises has enslaved libertarians to limited political options for advancing their own agenda.

I set forth several specific policy prescriptions around 3 basic elements of a coalition covenant which would have put Ron Paul in real contention for winning the White House. The elements and policies of this coalition agreement require some amount of compromise in terms of timing and policy for both progressives and libertarians but no compromises in terms of principles for either.

Exclusion of such principled compromises for the sake of mutually advancing both progressive and libertarian principles and policies will continue to allow the corporatism, which is glad to wear libertarian, progressive and cultural conservative masks, to reign supreme in our political economy.

The post above was meant to provoke anger but also to engage you and other libertarians in a serious conversation about why an admirable and principled statesman like Ron Paul cannot be nominated.

His campaign was bent exclusively on winning delegates alone with an aim toward an eventual actuarial takeover of the GOP. This should be crystal clear by now and a reason for libertarians like yourself to be disappointed with his staff, if not the man himself.

Personally, I find little fault in Ron Paul on this since his transition plan gave his campaign the basis for running a winning campaign and he obviously did not want to run for president again in the first place. He has basically allowed his campaign team to experiment and learn from their mistakes even as they did indeed have some successes.

If you wait for enough Americans to wake up to every libertarian prescription before you can win, you have no winning strategy. There are plenty of progressives and moderates who are awake to corporate cronyism. We understand like you that we must reduce debt and tax burdens while investing in the infrastructure of a peaceful green economy. We realize that the federal government is enslaved to corporate interests. Why wait until we can fully embrace the libertarian creed before you decide the American people have awaken enough to cooperate with us.

Sectarian progressivism is just as counter-productive as its libertarian version. Until we both become more ecumenical, we'll get nothing done at all.

While I have no part in it, do not desire to and condemn it as moral futility, you would be foolish to imagine that progressives are not stockpiling every bit as much ammunition as libertarians are. Violence will serve neither or us now or in the collapse.

Finally, I do not think a collapse is inevitable (though certainly it is becoming increasingly probable). There is a way that these neo-cons and liberal corporatists can make a deal. They already have.... First,divide cultural conservatives, libertarians and progressives into two tribes and keep them blaming one another. Second, start, escalate, and expand wars to create a warfare state. And third, when unemployment settles down to 5 or 6 percent take credit for it. The economy could stabilize and debt get diminished or wiped out while slick murderous thugs reign over the entire globe and you and I go on debating.

Peace.