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Up until [[National Convention 2018]], the Criminal Justice Plank stated "[t]he prescribed role of government is to protect the rights of every individual including the right to life, liberty and property” which is used as further argument that the Dallas Accord has been abrogated. Party anarchists assert that since the [[Platform]] may not contradict the [[Statement of Principles]] as amended in 1974, as well the [[Platform]]’s overtly stated transitory nature, such a statement does not entail the necessity of the state, merely the limitation of its role when it does exist. Others argue that the Party’s [[Statement of Principles]] gives support for "the prohibition of the initiation of physical force against others," and "the prohibition of robbery, trespass, fraud, and misrepresentation" with the implication that a state would be required; however, the original language of the [[Statement of Principles]] from 1972 in which those items would be enforced by “laws” was struck by the amendments made in 1974 so opponents of this view would say this is not a valid conclusion.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/statementofprinciples/photos/pb.540241642806441.-2207520000.1486498090./708512759312661/?type=3&theater Mark-Up of Changes Between 1972 and 1974 Statement of Principles]</ref> The edits to the [[Statement of Principles]] made in conjunction with the [[1974 Libertarian National Convention]] remain unchanged. However, that potentially problematic language was amended, with the Platform Committee specifically arguing that it could be interpreted as violating the Accord to the following language, "Government force must be limited to the protection of the rights of individuals to life, liberty, and property, and governments must never be permitted to violate these rights."<ref>[https://lpedia.org/Document:National_Platform_2018 2018 Libertarian Party Platform]</ref> | Up until [[National Convention 2018]], the Criminal Justice Plank stated "[t]he prescribed role of government is to protect the rights of every individual including the right to life, liberty and property” which is used as further argument that the Dallas Accord has been abrogated. Party anarchists assert that since the [[Platform]] may not contradict the [[Statement of Principles]] as amended in 1974, as well the [[Platform]]’s overtly stated transitory nature, such a statement does not entail the necessity of the state, merely the limitation of its role when it does exist. Others argue that the Party’s [[Statement of Principles]] gives support for "the prohibition of the initiation of physical force against others," and "the prohibition of robbery, trespass, fraud, and misrepresentation" with the implication that a state would be required; however, the original language of the [[Statement of Principles]] from 1972 in which those items would be enforced by “laws” was struck by the amendments made in 1974 so opponents of this view would say this is not a valid conclusion.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/statementofprinciples/photos/pb.540241642806441.-2207520000.1486498090./708512759312661/?type=3&theater Mark-Up of Changes Between 1972 and 1974 Statement of Principles]</ref> The edits to the [[Statement of Principles]] made in conjunction with the [[1974 Libertarian National Convention]] remain unchanged. However, that potentially problematic language was amended, with the Platform Committee specifically arguing that it could be interpreted as violating the Accord to the following language, "Government force must be limited to the protection of the rights of individuals to life, liberty, and property, and governments must never be permitted to violate these rights."<ref>[https://lpedia.org/Document:National_Platform_2018 2018 Libertarian Party Platform]</ref> | ||
Anarchists do continue to work in the party and run for office,<ref name=Knapp/> and the activity of the anarchists in the Party is on the upswing with the re-establishment of the [[LPRadicals]]. Planks within the current party [[Platform]], remains largely open to either an anarchist or limited government interpretation. One plank mentions the "right to alter or abolish government" and another states that, "Our silence about any other particular government law, regulation, ordinance, directive, edict, control, regulatory agency, activity, or machination should not be construed to imply approval." <ref>[https://www.lp.org/platform/ 2016 Libertarian Party Platform]</ref> Further, a Preamble added to the Platform in 1984 paved the way for [[Platform]] planks to be transitory by explicitly stating with regards to the Platform planks that “These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands”, leaving the [[Statement of Principles]] to be the determinative statement of Party goals.<ref>[http://lpedia.org/wiki/1984_Libertarian_Party_Platform 1984 Libertarian Party Platform]</ref> | Anarchists do continue to work in the party and run for office,<ref name=Knapp/> and the activity of the anarchists in the Party is on the upswing with the re-establishment of the [[LPRadicals]], [[Libertarian Socialist Caucus]], and [[Audacious Caucus]]. Planks within the current party [[Platform]], remains largely open to either an anarchist or limited government interpretation. One plank mentions the "right to alter or abolish government" and another states that, "Our silence about any other particular government law, regulation, ordinance, directive, edict, control, regulatory agency, activity, or machination should not be construed to imply approval." <ref>[https://www.lp.org/platform/ 2016 Libertarian Party Platform]</ref> Further, a Preamble added to the Platform in 1984 paved the way for [[Platform]] planks to be transitory by explicitly stating with regards to the Platform planks that “These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands”, leaving the [[Statement of Principles]] to be the determinative statement of Party goals.<ref>[http://lpedia.org/wiki/1984_Libertarian_Party_Platform 1984 Libertarian Party Platform]</ref> | ||
Click here for full PDF of [[Media:Dallas Accord Statement of Principles.pdf|marked-up copy showing differences between the 1972 and 1974 Statement of Principles]] prepared by [[Caryn Ann Harlos]]. | Click here for full PDF of [[Media:Dallas Accord Statement of Principles.pdf|marked-up copy showing differences between the 1972 and 1974 Statement of Principles]] prepared by [[Caryn Ann Harlos]]. | ||