I find that as I get older, I get more optimistic. There are so many more unconscious safeguards in the human spirit than I realized when I was younger. I find that my optimism lends itself to a more pragmatic outlook. I don't feel that the world needs to be fixed in a radical way. It just needs to be gently nudged in the right direction. For that reason, these days I'm actually very optimistic about the right. Not because I think it's perfect in terms of principle, but because I think what they represent is superior to what we have now. A move to the right, at this point, is a step in the right direction. Of course, once we're in a better place, we should reassess and see what the best way forward is. I envision a future with 3 co-equal parties: the left, the right, and the classical liberals. This third party will be comprised of a combination of people who at present come from both the left and the right, and will be represented by the LP. But this will not happen until the right is even more dominant, because in a two party system where one party is insane, people will overwhelmingly choose the imperfect but sane option. Once the DNC is really forced to acknowledge defeat, then there will be an opportunity to split the right and have a three party system.

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