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 No specific time. This is after 100's of interviews with libertarians, conservatives, progressives and trying to consider how you make things better.

I think Libertarians are morally right but their ideas don't seem to gain traction enough to make a difference. Mike Brock pointed me in the direction of Otto von Bismarck - “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best.” which was the basis of the argument I wanted to put together.