At the last Libertarian Party convention, we were approached by a few guys making a documentary about fringe parties. They want to find out what motivates people to fight for apparently hopeless causes. They interviewed a few of us during the convention and revisited some of us before, and after the federal election with some questions. During the last follow-up sometimes in late November they did a ‘rapid fire questions’ session with me where I was supposed to complete sentences such as “I am a libertarian because…..”; “I love politics because……” I had to stop there as that was a question I could not answer. I DON’T LOVE politics, I don’t even like it. That is why I am a Libertarian. Because I HATE POLITICS. I want as little of it as possible. There is nothing I wish more than to be free from it. Again, that is why I am a Libertarian. My wife is a bit resentful if the idea of me running in elections. In her mind, all politicians are dirty. Or corrupt, or stupid, or whatever negative adjective you can come up with. When I see how politics is conducted, I must agree with her, but that is far from being my only reason to dislike politics. To understand why politics should be disliked, we need to understand what politics is.