Hahahaha omg are you me? I still lean liberal on a few issues but not enough for me to not only vote for Trump but drive 10+ hours through 2 blizzards to do so.
I "used to be" a liberal. But I don't think I moved. I always opposed corporatism and authoritarianism, supported individual rights (including guns), and endorsed nationalism. That never fully aligned with the American left, but now it is completely opposed to it.
"Classical Liberal" is the term. A lot of conservatives are "small l" libertarians by nature. They just want to be left alone and they don't really want to be involved in other peoples' business.
Also... I think a lot of people don't understand that the nastier side of corporatism always leans to the left.
The argument is always about "tax cuts for the rich". But backing off on draconian, anti-business rules benefits small businesses far more than big businesses. Big businesses use draconian rules to keep new players out of the game. They don't care if they pay another few million in taxes if they're making multitudes of those millions in profit from their competition being wiped out.
Yeah, I don’t know how the term got flipped, I think the old references thought and the new references fiscal policy... crappy joke I guess,...
But what about Sumner? That stuff is profound and awesome. Relevant as if written today, and it’s from late 1800s. He’s ‘classic liberal’ if I’m not mistaken, so somewhere they stole the word.
Hahahaha omg are you me? I still lean liberal on a few issues but not enough for me to not only vote for Trump but drive 10+ hours through 2 blizzards to do so.
I "used to be" a liberal. But I don't think I moved. I always opposed corporatism and authoritarianism, supported individual rights (including guns), and endorsed nationalism. That never fully aligned with the American left, but now it is completely opposed to it.
"Classical Liberal" is the term. A lot of conservatives are "small l" libertarians by nature. They just want to be left alone and they don't really want to be involved in other peoples' business.
Also... I think a lot of people don't understand that the nastier side of corporatism always leans to the left.
The argument is always about "tax cuts for the rich". But backing off on draconian, anti-business rules benefits small businesses far more than big businesses. Big businesses use draconian rules to keep new players out of the game. They don't care if they pay another few million in taxes if they're making multitudes of those millions in profit from their competition being wiped out.
Yeah, I don’t know how the term got flipped, I think the old references thought and the new references fiscal policy... crappy joke I guess,... But what about Sumner? That stuff is profound and awesome. Relevant as if written today, and it’s from late 1800s. He’s ‘classic liberal’ if I’m not mistaken, so somewhere they stole the word.
https://mises.org/library/forgotten-man