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Btw, about the Libertarian/Liberal thing... Ever heard of classical or neoclassical liberalism? Look it up. Also look up Edmund Burke and conservatism. America, in its conception, was an extraordinarily liberal nation, compared to European conservatism (particularly England). (There has always been some contention, though... remember the Whigs and Tories, Federalists and Anti-Federalists?) However, over time, that liberalism became the norm here, and, since one could boil conservatism down to meaning "accepting those things already in practice", liberalism became our conservatism. Those who challenged AMERICAN conservatism became known as liberals, as they advocated change from the norm. Originally, Democrats were the American conservatives, while Republicans were the radical party (later, Progressives, et cetera). Somewhere along the line, though, they switched sides. Democrats took on the characterists of the Prgoressives (the party I blame for nearly all of America's economic and social ills), fighting for the little guy, while the Republicans became the stodgy old farts, looking out for wealthy, claiming to protect America's Constitutional tradition, hawking defense. Neither party is truly liberal anymore, though, and both are unbelievably corrupt and unConstitutional in their approaches to politics. They both encourage far too much bureaucracy to be truly liberal. Hence, the Libertarian party, liberating America from the bipartisan chains that hold us down.
Btw, about the Libertarian/Liberal thing... Ever heard of classical or neoclassical liberalism? Look it up. Also look up Edmund Burke and conservatism. America, in its conception, was an extraordinarily liberal nation, compared to European conservatism (particularly England). (There has always been some contention, though... remember the Whigs and Tories, Federalists and Anti-Federalists?) However, over time, that liberalism became the norm here, and, since one could boil conservatism down to meaning "accepting those things already in practice", liberalism became our conservatism. Those who challenged AMERICAN conservatism became known as liberals, as they advocated change from the norm. Originally, Democrats were the American conservatives, while Republicans were the radical party (later, Progressives, et cetera). Somewhere along the line, though, they switched sides. Democrats took on the characterists of the Prgoressives (the party I blame for nearly all of America's economic and social ills), fighting for the little guy, while the Republicans became the stodgy old farts, looking out for wealthy, claiming to protect America's Constitutional tradition, hawking defense. Neither party is truly liberal anymore, though, and both are unbelievably corrupt and unConstitutional in their approaches to politics. They both encourage far too much bureaucracy to be truly liberal. Hence, the Libertarian party, liberating America from the bipartisan chains that hold us down.
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