point as follows: "Ages of experience testify that the only way society can be improved is by the individualist method ..., that is, the method of each 'one' doing his very best to improve 'one.' This is the quiet, peaceful, patient way of changing society because it concentrates on bettering the character of men and women as individuals. The individual units change, the improvement of society will take care of itself. In other words, "if one take care of the means, the end will take care of itself." And despite some "good" and "bad" cycles along human history this is indeed what happened until now. @ Sandrine: I agree with a lot of what you say. But I think you're missing one crucial thing. This discussion is not about Romney any more, but how we can stop the tide of socialism. The thing is we'll never get a free society by getting people to have an epiphnay and move from socialism to libertarianism, one person at a time. It may have happened to you, but it'll never happen in large enough numbers to effect any change. That's the course that Libertarianz tried to take in NZ and it didn't work. More than that I now believe it can't work, because the vast majority of people are too concrete bound to make such a leap. What's needed is to get most people headed in the right direction, one *issue* at a time. If you can get a majority to take a