I applaude the technique.
Once they are capable of creating a Libertarian state they can become a major contestant in elections AND the experience of actually having to run a state will hopefully allow some realism to sink into their heads and they can make the party one worth voting for.

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"Man lives in the sunlit world of that which he believes to be reality. But unseen by most is an underworld, a place that is just as real... but not as brightly lit... A DARK SIDE!"
-opening from Tales From the Darkside