The previous leadership was more left leaning culturally, and were...

May 29, 2022 at 10:13 PM  ·  Comment — Sean Malone's post  ·  View on Facebook  ·  Markdown source

The previous leadership was more left leaning culturally, and were more supportive of the state's COVID prevention mandates. (Or at least, not vocally opposed.) By contrast, I would characterize the Mises Caucus as Ron Paul libertarians. They tend to be more religious and more anti-woke. A significant fraction of them support immigration suppression laws and legal limitations on abortion. They also tend to be very anti-mask mandates, compelled vaccinations, and other COVID era restrictions. So, some libertarians for whom abortion and immigration are dealbreakers are upset. But on 90% of the issues, I don't think their views differ much from the previous regime's beliefs. So, mostly a change in priorities. I don't think they're going to hurt the LP, but I don't think they're going to increase its effectiveness much either. (Unless they pivot, and start campaigning for their members to join the Free State Project.)