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Most policy fights aren’t about values. They’re about incentives embedded in institutions.

@tennsand @marcorandazza Never said otherwise. This does not change my view that dissolution would be a Pareto improvement. These things are not mutually exclusive.

@EccentricEcon @marcorandazza You are free to support or not support whom ever you like... as are the rest of us

The Libertarian party has never broken 1% of the vote. Meanwhile, the New Hampshire Libertarian movement took over the Republican Party, and brought real libertarian change. Kauffmann is right. Libertarianism can only survive if the Libertarian party dies.

Why does it need to be replaced by anything at all. It has been more or less inefficient for over 50 years; the ROI has not justified the investments in either financial or human capital. There are other classical liberal organizations that get things done; resources can be diverted in their direction. If one insists on electoral action, the Liberal Party remains an option, albeit not one I have high hopes for.

@EccentricEcon @marcorandazza The LP needs to die and be replaced by what? What solution do you offer?

@KevinOConnor They already did when they traded Garland for Harden. Tbf, "ECF as a ceiling" isn't the worst place to be.

Should the Cavaliers blow it up?

@marcorandazza (Also, Ed Clark in 1980 and Johnson in 2012 both broke 1%. As a rhetorical device, this claim totally fails.)

This is objectively untrue, as Gary Johnson garnered 3.3% in 2016 (and no, I'm not going to argue either things that actually happened or attempts to move the goalposts). Kauffman is correct that the LP needs to die, the irony being that their years-long tolerance of him is a major reason why.

@AnswerIsLibrty @HalleckScott @LPNH @LPMisesCaucus eccentricecon.com/p/save-it-for-…

@HalleckScott @LPNH @EccentricEcon @LPMisesCaucus Well said. It will take years. Multiple LNC terms. But this LNC is off to a great start.

@LPNH is officially disaffiliated. Sayonara, suckers! As @EccentricEcon has pointed out, the damage done by them & @LPMisesCaucus /ilk has been done. It will take a long time to (imperfectly) clean up the mess & go forward. But this is an important big step, & long overdue.

#InstitutionalFailure #Reputation #PoliticalTheory #Libertarianism #PartyPolitics eccentricecon.com/p/save-it-for-…

5️⃣ The punchline: “save the institution” is not a sacred duty, it’s a budget request for scarce human capital — so the real question is always “save it for what eccentricecon.com/p/save-it-for-…

1️⃣ Institutions aren’t memoryless. Once you go through a reputational cascade, you don’t get to “reset the board.” eccentricecon.com/p/save-it-for-…

@HeatCulture13 3

On a scale from 1-10 how confident are you that the Heat trade for Giannis this offseason? 🤔

@FvdE @RepJackKimble I am not ashamed to have been born in 1975.

@EccentricEcon @RepJackKimble Shoe laces? How's life going there in the 1980's Tarnish?

Wow! The GOP Is dominating in the primaries tonight. It's going to be a red wave come November

Y’all still crying over a guy who voted against birthright citizenship, fought DACA expansion, and backed punitive border and enforcement bills? Fuck that guy.

@BarryOnHere 2006. Look it up, then delete this account.

LeBron James won 2 rings without Dwyane Wade Dwayne Wade won 0 rings without LeBron James

@ProsperCLT2023 @RepJackKimble It’s a satire account, but it’s remarkably accurate at crystallizing the MAGA zeitgeist—which is why so many people keep mistaking it for an actual Republican.

@EccentricEcon @RepJackKimble narrator: jack actually does need adult supervision to tie his shoes

He sacrificed principle for power, bit the hand that fed him, and now the Piper has exacted his price. Hoe well.

I'm not clutching pearls over Massie losing. He spent much of Trump's first administration kowtowing to and running cover for Tangerine Yeezus (Sees Us). He helped make this travesty possible, and even after "seeing the light," he still voted for some dumb, anti-liberty shit