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2) Campaign finance reform and similar policies: Libertarians say they oppose mercantilism, corporate subsidies to companies, etc. However, the only realistic way for all of this nonsense is to make it so that politicians are not dependent on the donations of the wealthy for career viability; they are out of a job if they don't do what specific wealthy people/groups want them to. Yet, libertarians tend to oppose campaign finance reform and related policies. To me this smacks of dishonesty; if they really cared that much about ending the system of private reward, public risk that mercantilism (etc.) bring in, they would have to advocate large changes in campaign finance rules and advertising.


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Campaign finance reforms can only be reimplemented by those who have already been elected. Do you expect them to intentionally rewrite the laws so its easier for their opponents to win? Its a catch 22, if campaign finance reform is necessary then those who could possibly author them can't be trusted to author them, so we need laws to get good people into office to write laws allowing good people to get into office.