Conservative Statism | 110 Coffee & Cigarettes
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Liberals don’t like libertarianism because it’s “conservative” (whatever that means), and conservatives don’t like it because it’s “liberal” (whatever that means). I’ve long given up trying to understand what modern day American liberalism or conservatism actually means or even stands for.
It seems that for most liberals and conservatives it means whatever the Democratic and Republican Party supports at a given moment. If their team is in power (Democrat or Republican), they support an increase in the power of the government, a decrease in civil liberties, and an aggressive interventionist foreign policy, including military action. They’ll even support the same war they once protested once their guy is leading the charge. If they are not in power, they suddenly remember the Constitution and proclaim everything the majority party is doing as illegal and immoral and call for peace.
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Show Notes and Links
Libertarians Are Not Conservative or Liberal | JeremySarber.com | 1/28/12
http://jeremysarber.com/libertarians-are-not-conservative-or-liberal/What’s Really Important? Liberal vs. Conservative? or Libertarian vs. Statist? | Libertas | 14 April 2010
http://libertas.ws/news-opinion/whats-really-important-liberal-vs-conservative-or-libertarian-vs-statist/World’s Smallest Political Quiz | Advocates for Self Government
http://www.theadvocates.org/quizWho is Ron Paul? | RonPaul.com
http://www.ronpaul.com/who-is-ron-paul/Political positions of Ron Paul | Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul
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