I guess I didn't understand your complaints. You should state them clearly. No rational being can deny that the FSP failed to reach the 2006 deadline, but they chose to continue the way they chose to continue. What can be done? The organization that is the FSP is disorganized and weird, but the idea is working.
The FSP is a failure, it is just far less of a failure than everything else tried thus far.
Well thats one of the most realistic opinions I've heard from an FSP proponent.
The problem for me isn't that there are failures in certain aspects, its that the failures aren't seriously addressed by
anyone most members.
"nevermind" seems to be the prevalent response.
Learning from failure is extremely important, but you can't learn if you refuse to accept them and just choose to live in a fantasy world where the "tipping point" is always round the corner,
The failures in the 2006 deadline for 20,000 could have been put into play for other deadlines.
If the deadline wasn't met, then it was unrealistic, why was it? What did we misunderstand? Are we still making the same misunderstandings? Are other deadlines unrealistic?
If people are going to say, "20,000 number doesn't matter, we could make a huge difference with only 5,000", then why isn't this shit being put into action right now?
Is the FSP just going to wait indefinitely till they hit 20,000? If having libertarians in New Hampshire as people here have suggested will make more people join, why not start a new campaign? The Next 5,000?
I'm aware some of this stuff is probably being planned, but why isn't it being done now?
Maybe theres a good reason it isn't being done, but I don't ever see it being discussed in discussions such as these, just same tired old defensive bullshit.
In my opinion people are far too concerned about "supporting" each other with mindless praise, which achieves nothing but swollen egos, and not eager enough to actually shop the shit for how all this stuff is going to work. Ideology is not enough. Wanting things to work is not enough, people need to make them work.
That means really talking, criticizing, improving.
We can start the back slapping and blowjob festival once we've buried government.
As for signing up to help improve things, its exactly the attitude that constructive criticism shouldn't be addressed by an outsider that makes me think the FSP isn't a group worth joining. I want a group thats dedicated to taking every opportunity to get the most out of liberty. Being an ass to someone criticizing you might be a natural response, but its missing an opportunity to A) make an outsider warm to the group B) actually address the problem