In 1972, members of the newly created Libertarian Party wanted Murray Rothbard to be their candidate in the coming presidential run. During an interview, when asked about this possibility, Rothbard first had a long laugh. After laughing, he stated that he did not think that it was even the time to create a libertarian party, simply because there were not enough libertarians, but that if there was eventually a strong libertarian party, several things could be achieved: with some congressmen elected, some statist measure could not be approved, others could be abolished, etc. But that the best thing would be that such a party could be used as an educational weapon.In fact, during the election period, some people seek to know the candidates’ proposals to solve social

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