In 2020, after the Reform Caucus guts the Libertarian Party of its principles, the LP finally wins control of Congress.
Reformer: “Hey, we were tired of losing! We wanna win!”
Radical: “Well, congratulations. You just elected a Libertarian majority Congress.”
Reformer: “WHOOO! We won, we won!”
Radical: “Yup. And the Libertarian Congress just increased income taxes, banned handguns, invaded Syria, increased the FBI's domestic spying powers, and suspended habeas corpus.”
Reformer: “So what, you radical! We won, we won, we won! WHOOOO!”
Applicable(?) Aphorisms #5
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*"Holding to nothing, clinging to nothing, the sage finds peace."
(Buddhism, Sutta Nipata 4.1)*
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