Despite all the ruminations about the LP and it's odd place in the Universe, one has to wonder if voters ever read articles about the sleazy activities of Democrats and Republicans and even care. I suspect that they do not. 
But if they did and wanted to do anything about it on a meaningful level, could they ? After all, the either/or aspect of the process offers few choices in most races. As much as we may gripe or complain about third party choices/efforts for President, there are little to none in terms of choices in most Congressional and local races. While the smug anarchist may find delicious humor or satisfaction in this fate, the average person is left wanting. Not so much in terms of their own immediate benefit, but more in terms of meaning and hope. After all, hope and meaning are what the big players ply their craft in. Yet when it comes down to it, the background noise and real happenings are disgusting examples of cronyism and the pathetic need for attention amongst their fellow parasites as the rest suffer. Even the good anarchists couldn't avoid this if their intentions were noble and hearts pure and power to absolve the state absolute. Sleaze begets sleaze.
Individualists will always be okay in some greater sense of things as the calamities of collectivism rein down. Thus any effort to mobilize and organize them against the 'horde of expectation' will fall on deaf ears and seem like empty promises or callous threats to an otherwise stable sensibility.
Perhaps only outright failure of these said systems will undo the complacency which is contained in the heart of any average person with enough to eat and a roof over their head. Surely we cannot blame them, however. When I speak to the average person, they're rarely happy about their political choices and somehow reconcile themselves between choosing between them anyway. Those who are happy tend to be very vested in the current system and absolutely horrified at the prospect of any meaningful change. After all, who will build the roads and protect them ?
The problem is, that once the breakdown or collapse starts, the rarefied individualist who might be able to take on these problems now (take the simple stuff like eliminating Social Security . . . ) , probably won't be willing to step in and claim any answers or produce positive results during the meltdown. Rather, their greater personal instincts and individual abilities will probably allow them to maintain or survive in spite of a drastic paradigm of change. After all, they have been decrying the abuse, fraud and waste for years. Why should they suddenly step up during the chaos and subsequently take the blame for everything that has come before them ? Unfortunately, perhaps only greater authoritarian measures will be accepted as solutions and greater abuse and no expectations will still rule the day.
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