It might be helpful if the Libertarians took a lesson from the 'progressives' of the early 1900's. At the time, rugged individualism was the order of the day, and socialist ideas were anathema to the average American. So what did they do? They infiltrated the Democrat's ranks. Their ideas, a 'safety net', wage issues, unionization, etc. are now the bedrock of the Democrat platform. They pervade society; it is difficult to find an average, uninformed person who thinks a Federal 'social security' system is a bad thing in and of itself. Over time, the concept of the individual as king of his own domain has been replaced by an increasingly collectivist attitude. Maybe its time the Libertarians started to make use of the apparatus built by the GOP.
