The money printers in France are being oiled up and prepared right now. We're going to see this in many places across Europe soon: "Center right" parties going into coalitions with the left (who will give out lots of free shit) to keep the right wingers out.
Guys, I'm not trying to be a tankie or sound anti American but can we have a rule that you actually have to be able to project power when you want to play "empire"? And actually having money would help too...
The lesson here is that libertarianism was never compatible with republicanism and representative democracy. Democratic elections are and always will be about collectivists vs. collectivists in different forms and flavors. Ron Paul and his peers, while playing am important role in educating and bringing attention to important issues, were always meme candidates that never had any chance because the game was always rigged against them. Luckily #Bitcoin gave us the gift of agorism and we call leave this dumb theatre behind us and just build shit without compromise. No need to convince anybody or ask anyone for permission.