In modern political jargon, conservatives are associated with the concept of "small government" or "limited government". If this is interpreted to refer to the degree of government power there is , historically conservatives have not stood for it. Indeed, so-called "conservative"...
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Filed under: Centralization, Checks and Balances, Democracy, Libertarianism, conservatism, Monarchy
I consider myself a left-libertarian. To avoid any confusion over what this may imply, I fully support private property, voluntary exchange, money, rent, employment, and so on (or more strictly speaking, I don't advocate their abolition). And I completely oppose the state. I advocate a free market...
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on Mon, May 26 2008
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So Bob Barr got the LP's nomination at their most recent convention. There is a lot of dirt on this man from a libertarian perspective, ranging from his past support for the drug war and actually being the author of the defense of marriage act. Like all political oppurtunists, he has claimed to have...
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on Mon, May 26 2008
Filed under: Voting, Libertarianism, old right, conservatism, Prohibition
It is common for many libertarians, especially those in America, to assume that they have a natural alliance with "the right". This is based on certain assumptions, such as the notion that contemporary libertarianism grew out of the old American conservative movement and that "the right"...
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Filed under: Racism, Collectivism, Religion, Capitalism, Socialism, Libertarianism, Economics, Philosophy, conservatism, Corporatism, liberalism, Nationalism, History