I mean, I guess if one keeps bashing one’s head against a brick wall just one more time one may finally learn that the wall is hard, and that the exercise is futile, but this doesn’t seem to me to suggest that the headbashing is worth it.

I'd certainly never suggest that it is worth it and I would encourage continuing to advise against said head bashing, but I also realise that some people won't be talked out of it. However, some might possibly come to a realisation once they've cracked their head soundly enough.

Individualist Voluntaryists do not need a “hero.”

Yet this Kokesh seems to have quite the following. Does that following crave a hero I wonder? Many people seem to crave heroes, because it's easier than having to stand up for yourself. I do feel that this is why the system has so much support. Do you ever feel like you're banging your own head against a brick wall trying to explain things to people? I have to admit I've not really looked into or listened to his campaign myself. Political campaigns, as you say, are dirty and are generally promises never kept. The system is in place and keeps on following its path no matter who the next "leader" is. Whether they have good intentions, but find themselves powerless to implement them when they get in or whether they are lying from the start to get the job, it makes no difference ultimately.

I guess my question is, would him getting in be a big enough reality check to make people realise what you've been trying to tell them all along? Would it be any worse than what America has already had? He seems just as corrupt and corruptable as any of them though. Which would probably mean that people would just slip back into the same rut and say it didn't work because he wasn't a saint after all...