In The Life of Reason, author George Santayana wrote, "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Society will often propose a solution to an issue and ignore whether or not the idea has been attempted.
In politics, we have an old guard in both the Republican and Democrat parties.
The Libertarian party was founded in 1971, relatively young in the scope of partisan politics.
Despite being 53 years old, the party has grown to be the largest 3rd party in America.