🚀 go-pugleaf

1) I'm Russ N., not Robert H.

2) I think you're right - libertarianism *might* be practical.  My
   point, which I stated quite badly (if at all), is that
   libertarianism will not be adopted as mainstream political thought
   for many years.  The Quakers took generations to reach a consensus
   amongst themselves that slavery was wrong.  Similarly, I feel that
   a libertarian America is generations away.  
3) I'm ripe for a change in the political system in America.  The
current Republican/conservative and Democrat/liberal views are too
close together to encompass my ideals.  So please continue trying to
convince me that libertarianism is good.
4) As an aside, has anyone heard of the "Pournelle axes"?  I saw it
mentioned in a book by him (not SF), but I can't locate the book
again.  Can anyone give me a reference to it?  The axes (the word
LOOKS mis-spelled) were, as I recall, "Government has the best
interests of its citizens at heart", and "Big government is better".
Rather than the losing left/right scale that many people use now, you
have many more degrees of freedom to describe your political position.
Quite useful.  
-russ