These are formidable challenges, but I believe we suffer more from a problem inside rather than outside the party. The very same personality traits that make us rugged individuals who are attracted to libertarianism also prevent us from pulling together as an effective team. But even though I refuse to go along with the crowd when it comes to deciding my personal morality and political beliefs, I recognize the strategic advantage of the team approach. Consider how the same behavior affects a team organization. While one can abstractly seek ideal justice, one cannot expect ideal leadership on a team.
All teams make mistakes.
Utopia is not an option. But a team that sticks together despite such mistakes will be more competitive than one in which individual members circumvent the chain of command. The first two of these define the essence of the team concept. A good example of this came in the movie Hoosiers where a basketball coach suspends his star players for refusing to pass the ball to the inferior players. From the point of view of a star player, hogging the ball seems only natural because he knows that he has a better chance of scoring and he feels he deserves the glory if his talent made the score possible.