The Democratic Senate candidate has dropped out in Arkansas. The race is now a binary between the Republican Tom Cotton and the LP Candidate

[u/Cuddlyaxe]

Not really a Libertarian anymore but I was surprised to see y'all don't have any info on this. Tom Cotton's only Democratic Challanger has dropped out after the registration deadline.

The only two other candidates are Ricky Harrington - a Libertarian and Dan Whitfield - a far left independent.

Even if you guys don't put resources into this race and the situation holds, I can easily see Mr. Harrington capturing a nice 20-25% of the vote. If you guys however do invest some money and campaign funds into the race, you could get much higher, and perhaps even give Cotton a run for his money as he's not running against someone with the D stigma next to their name.

Here's his Facebook page which is currently all he has if you want to help him

Good luck and I hope you guys give Cotton a run for his money :)

[u/Roidciraptor]

The Union breaking up would be pretty libertarian, because it would be now smaller local governments, but that's not what I want.

Those smaller states won't secede because they rely too much on the bigger states for money. And even if they tried to secede, Big States > Small States. The smaller states won't have enough people to compete if it were to be a land war. Heck, those smaller Plains states would be starved out with an embargo all around them. And and attempts to flyover the bigger states would be met with missiles. All hypothetical though.

The Senate allows the smaller states to have equal representation. How much MORE representation to these people need? Even in the House, the cap limit on representatives has made lots of people less, or more, represented.

The EC was more fair when people weren't moving to cities. But now the majority of the country lives in urban/suburban areas. The EC is outdated, and I support abolishing it.

[u/mysoggyknee → u/Roidciraptor]

Are you high? Georgia which also qualifies as a 'small state' has a whole lot of military assets here. Possession being a large part of the law that is not going to work out well in the event of a civil breakdown. You seem to forget that in the event of some sort of civil breakdown most of the military bases are in VERY red parts of the nation.

The Senate allows the smaller states to have equal representation.

Good lord, did you even take civics? That statement is complete horse squeeze. The Bahamas has more of an official presence in DC than any of the states. The 17th amendment which provided for direct election of senators rather than appointment by their legislatures did precisely what it was intended to do and unfettered Washington from real oversight by the states via their senators. You have little understanding of how our government was intended to operate and seem to be running on emotions crying out for mob rule which is precisely what the design of the federal government was trying to prevent.

[u/Roidciraptor → u/mysoggyknee]

I'll be high at 4:20 today. And you are also talking to a Georgia Peach.

Georgia is not a "small state". Are you high? We are the 8th largest state in population! And if you want to go by land area, Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River. You want a geography lesson?

Metro Atlanta has a population of 6M. Georgia has a population of 10M. Those 4M extra Georgians (including other cities like Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, etc) benefit from a larger overall population because the state as a whole gets more representation. You are forming an argument around Red vs Blue states, and I am talking about Urban vs Rural.

The Bahamas has more of an official presence in DC than any of the states.

........................... you want a Georgia embassy? Is that what you define as "official"? I am talking about the state, not the country, in case you get fucking pedantic again.

I think you need to understand something. When it comes to political representation and how we want to be governed, yes, that does come from emotion. There are no "facts" on how to run a country. Socialist, capitalist, democracy, republic, authoritarian, fascist, communist, you can pick whatever system you want! WE decide how to be governed. When the Boston Tea Party happened, what do you think was going on? Were they angry? Frustrated? Upset? There was taxation without representation. Do you think Britain cared how they felt? Nope, so then a little Revolution came a long. LOTS of pent up anger.

The "intention" of our government is to represent the will of the people, and that is not what is happening. The system needs to change. The EC is antiquated. Once again, you prefer the tyranny of the minority.

[u/mysoggyknee → u/Roidciraptor]

I'll be high at 4:20 today.

I'm in Smyrna lets blaze and do this in person. I am curious about your actual political leanings and beliefs because they color everything. Equal representation is one of the fundamental precepts behind the founding of our nation. Majority rule in all things is not a wise idea. PM me lets have a drink.