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Politics

Ask a Libertarian: Why Is There So Much Movement Infighting?

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 6.15.2011 4:16 PM

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Welcome to Ask a Libertarian with Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch. They are the authors of the new book The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America.

Go to http://declaration2011.com to purchase, read reviews, find event dates, and more.

On June 15, 2011 Gillespie and Welch used short, rapid-fire videos to answer dozens of reader questions submitted via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Reason.com. In this episode, they answer the question:

Why are libertarians so susceptible to infighting?

For the complete series, go to http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/10/ask-a-libertarian and Reason.tv's YouTube Channel at http://youtube.com/reasontv

Produced by Meredith Bragg, Jim Epstein, Josh Swain, with help from Katie Hooks, Kyle Blaine and Jack Gillespie.

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Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.

Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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