Libertarians are sure to fail. The media and the educational system have convinced the people that a strong government is good, or at least necessary. Opposition forces, including the libertarians, are infiltrated, disorganized, and obscured by a media blackout. All political struggle is portrayed as personality conflicts between rulers, thus avoiding examination of principles or trends. Laws soon to be passed will suppress any resistance to unlimited increases in government.
People are children.
Liberty is doomed when they accept tyranny. Libertarians are sure to succeed. Big government can't survive unless the people believe in it. The Soviet people gradually learned their system didn't work. When they realized it couldn't work it collapsed in spite of its overwhelming power.