Why I Am a Conservative

An explanation of why despite the term's many flaws, "conservative" remains the best label to describe my own philosophy.

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[nlarrew614]

Conservative is an idea that has been so adulterated and misused that the very concept has lost its meaning. Bush has made conservatism a dirty word and turned the entire republican party into the laughing stock of the whole world. The libertarian ideology most closely resembles the intentions of our founding fathers but too few people are actually willing to evaluate what they think or believe and are quick to follow a philosophy blindly. Creating a hypocritical group of sheep.

[lengthyounarther]

To bad a free market doesnt lead to consentrations of capitol. Indeed it leads to less consentration of capital than any non free market system. Otherwise, I always like SA.

[steve0281]

@therealaj123 So what is your solution? Total government control? I am more of an anarchist (little "a") than statist. And your stating something is BS is not the same as it actually being BS. I think what you have done is construct a convenient strawman and defined the philosophy within a framework for you to attack easily. I would virtually gurantee that my Libertarianism differs from your idea of it.

[therealaj123]

@steve0281 Typical libertardian fantasy bullshit. Deregulation does as much to concentration as regulation does. There will always be laws, there will always be government, and even if you balance it all out to an even playing field, just by technology advancing, in the future the same laws will not have the same effect any more, suddenly favoring some industries over others as progress permeates the whole of society. The libertardian myth: That you could "fix" government once and for all.

[putointaft]

fair.



[xavierspade666]

@Pentazoid111 No, Wal-Mart is a private industry without an enabling government body and it has a large concentration of power. It controls a very large labor force; it controls its suppliers due to how much of their business it provides; also it controls what competitors must price their products to remain in business. Only governments have eminent domain.

Education is not a public monopoly... homeschool.

The Post Office is not... U.P.S., Fed-Ex

[FaithlessLiberty]

He dosent belief in welfare statism (socialized healthcare, public option and etc) gun control, multi-culturalism, and the unessesary spreading of democracy.. how the hell can he be a liberal democrat for fuck sakes?

[F1REbomb]

SA you are a Liberal Democrat and you know it, stop pretending.

[willyrobinson]

Yep. erhm i mean yes you are correct Jack.

[WhimsicalQuandary]

America has one party with two heads.

Murder all governments.

Destroy the market.

Burn the bank.

[AndroidPolitician]

SA is the best conservative.

[SUpersaiyajinjerkbag]

FDA regulates FOOD too, and it isn't that big of an administration.