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Imagine if you will the early Christians, hiding in the catacombs. Leaders are debating amongst themselves about missionary plans for the future. One stands up and says "You know, the sun-worshippers have a lot in common with us, and on a few issues they really aren't that bad, maybe we should join up with them instead of calling them demons. At least we'd get a few wins in the books!"
Perhaps they would have been right about the sun worshippers being preferable to the other pagans. Perhaps such a combination might even have achieved some noteworthy goals in the second century. But it is overwhelmingly likely that such a move by Rome's Christians would have precluded the future Constantine, and the empire would never have been converted to Christianity.
There's an important difference here. Religion is about Absolute Truth. Politics is about governing and getting things done (or, if libertarians prefer, not done). The amount of compromise and practicality to be expected from those differ substantially.
Somehow I doubt supporting Oliver or Jorgensen or any of the latest LP nominees would get us even a step closer to the Libertarian Emperor of the US. Of course, LP can prove me wrong, but unless they discover immortality pretty damn soon I don't expect to see it in my lifetime. Especially not when consistently nominating woke candidates. Woke voters already have a party to vote for.
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