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regedit  ·  3461 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are Hubski's Political Views?

Libertarian = Social (not interested in what you do for or to yourself)

Conservative right (government has specific responsibilities and is funded thru taxes to achieve those common goods - spending beyond those measures is counter productive). These responsibilities include establishing a basic legal framework where all men have equal opportunities to succeed.

Please note - in those industries where a free market cannot exist (see Teddy Roosevelt) the responsibility of the government extends to regulation. In todays world that would have to include healthcare, environmental and education that I would have otherwise excluded. Those should be regulated with a cost benefit analysis required.





deepflows  ·  3461 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Despite being not in that camp at all, I can understand the appeal of true conservative right politics perfectly well. Your statements would imply that you agree with these "oldschool" conservative views. There are values like "personal honor" and "honesty" which I believe we have pretty much lost as a society - and I sure as hell whish we had done a better job conserving them.

How anyone in their right mind could ever argue in favor of the crooked game which passes as conservatism in our times is entirely beyond me, though.