As a negative example, the stock crash and resulting Great Depression opened the door to the implementation of the socialists' policies. It's not as if the New Deal sprang from the Head of Franklin. Rather, it was the combination of a social crisis and the socialist movement which seemed to offer a solution to the problem. Most recently, Mexico's election of Fox can be seen as something of a Tsunami Event. Libertarians must not think simplisticly.
Social change takes time.
We ought not grow discouraged when our efforts fail to produce immediate changes. Think of the Tsunami Event. Every effort you make to advance the cause of liberty brings nearer that Day of Freedom our progeny will see as an inevitable consequence. Strategies Obviously, the analogy to a tsunami isn't perfect. In fact, our freedoms may not come in a single day with drama to match the falling of the Berlin Wall.