[RJCogburn]

Thanks for your reply.

Certainly privatization of social security and school choice are small l libertarian ideas well before the republicans and/or conservatives embraced them.

[Reagan Man]

Republicans were opposed to Social Security from the get go. Republican opposition is well known and goes all the way back, to when FDR first proposed the retirement fund. Local control of education, has always been at the forefront of the Republican Party. Local control of education has always been a traditional American value. Traditional American values, are at the heart of conservatism.

I know many libertarians don't like to associate themselves with the Libertarian Party platform. But that's like saying, we can talk about philosophy, but lets not put it in the context of politics. Why? Reality must come into play, when we talk politics. I happen to relate political philosophy with party politics. Without party politics and without winning elections, you're political agenda, has no chance of ever being realized.

Is anyone under the illusion, why Libertarians/libertarians never get elected to public office?