10-26-2018, 11:59 AM
(10-26-2018, 11:34 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Well, but isn't the Whig Party an 18th century party? The liberals of 18th century England?
There should be an Extropian party, but I see none. Maybe there is one on some planet in the Andromeda galaxy? So I'm looking for a lesser evil. Whig liberalism is like the Republicans without the theocratic idiots. If the Whigs gained popularity, the only people left in GOP would be Trumpy nationalists and evangelicals. Similarly, SJWs could move from the Dems to the Green party, while rational progressives like American equivalents of Nick Clegg would stay in the Democratic Party. Whigs plus purged Democrats could be a stable coalition for reason.
Libertarians are market fundamentalists. They sometimes look as if they worshipped the market as a deity. I'd never consider supporting them.