I agree in principle, but in practice what would you have done differently in the last forty years of losing?
Why don't you ask a difficult question?
This is my view; the TeaParty has been an unmitigated success, even though not as quickly as we would have liked.
Why is this? Because we represent independent individuals who are cognizant of the manipulation being spoonfed to the masses. The powers arrayed against us are awesome and frightening. In order to successfully confront them we must be like all other insurgent groups and fight a guerilla campaign. They can't smash us until they can name us and label us, or sick the IRS on us; hence my aversion to labels.
Trump is the manifestation of what the TP is about in that he is, apparently, not associated w/ the power structure that controls so many things. That's why every power structure in the country and the world is rabidly opposed to him. Clearly they recognize him as a threat which is one of the reasons so many support him.
I think that historic forces rather than individual personalities are at play and so it's a matter of holding our ground until those forces recede. BTW, God save us from the "giant" that bends world history to his will; that never works out well.
Finally, I think that FreeReublic is a force for good that has been influential several times in the past and can continue to so.