tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post9077252017899289410..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: An important point for libertarians during the election season (with broader points as well)Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-6356419414787671782012-10-17T17:35:13.332-04:002012-10-17T17:35:13.332-04:00No. You exercise your freedom muscle or you lose ...No. You exercise your freedom muscle or you lose it. Up to you how best to exercise it but you should exercise it. Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-80045163377646313212012-10-17T16:13:33.583-04:002012-10-17T16:13:33.583-04:00How about we admit instead that voting is just not...How about we admit instead that voting is just not that important?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-33970122329441164282012-10-17T16:00:10.788-04:002012-10-17T16:00:10.788-04:00Voting strategically is a short term strategy. Vo...Voting strategically is a short term strategy. Voting on principle is a long term strategy.<br /><br />If you recognize that L cannot win but you believe that L's policies are the right way to go then voting for L in the face of certain defeat may be the right thing to do: it signals to other politicians that they should consider adopting some of L's policies and it signals to other voters that they should perhaps take L and L's policies seriously in the future. <br /><br />If you live in a strongly red state then voting Libertarian may give your individual vote more ultimate weight than voting Republican. Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-82234076519303260552012-10-17T14:00:20.180-04:002012-10-17T14:00:20.180-04:00I agree.
What I disagree with is the idea that th...I agree.<br /><br />What I disagree with is the idea that thinking L would be the first best president and thinking that she will be the first best vote are two very different things.<br /><br />A lot of people recognize this. I'm just spelling it out for those that don't and because I think it's an interesting thing to think about during election season.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-56302485901884135372012-10-17T13:58:07.836-04:002012-10-17T13:58:07.836-04:00It's their vote. They can vote strategically ...It's their vote. They can vote strategically or vote their hearts as they choose. Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-6242212052522804592012-10-17T13:28:41.399-04:002012-10-17T13:28:41.399-04:00I'm not sure I understand. I'm not surpris...I'm not sure I understand. I'm not surprised or annoyed by anti-Republican libertarians in this post or anywhere else. What I'm saying is that presenting decision rules that say "vote for the first best candidate no matter what" are not very sensible decision rules - particularly for a marginalized group like libertarians.<br /><br />What surprised me last time was precisely that I expected libertarians to be anti-Republican and anti-Democratic, and I mainly just saw the anti-Democratic. Part of this may be that they are more Republican than I thought, or it could be other things. Seems completely different from what I'm saying here.<br /><br />And of course, in all these posts I think I've been careful to (and would take the opportunity now to reinforce) that this is about "some" libertarians.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-87502513895254526552012-10-17T13:21:40.619-04:002012-10-17T13:21:40.619-04:00So when libertarians during the first debate (in y...So when libertarians during the first debate (in your sample) complained mostly about Obama and not Romney, you were surprised that they seemed so pro-Republican.<br /><br />Now you are surprised that they are so anti-Republican.<br /><br />I think what's really going on here is that libertarians annoy you.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com