In the past, libertarians have made little progress in the political sphere.
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Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
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'Little progress' is a vague, subjective judgment.
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Peter Thiel, “In the past, libertarians have made little progress in the political sphere.” (said 1 May 2009). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_b04187f482fc, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b04187f482fc
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