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I called out having a conservative military policy. In the words of Teddy Roosevelt, “Speak softly but carry a big stick.”Wouldn't that mean having small military (but probably armed citizens)?
I completely agree. The religion of the Right is the free market (Praise be upon it ) and they only bring up morality when it relates to gay marriage and abortion. There is not a lot of serious talk regarding morals, values, religion, responsibility, family and higher ideals. I also think that the Right is making a big mistake in alienating Islam. Social conservatives and Christians could have strong allies with the Muslim community if they could only make the effort to build a bridge.
I completely agree. The religion of the Right is the free market (Praise be upon it ) and they only bring up morality when it relates to gay marriage and abortion. There is not a lot of serious talk regarding morals, values, religion, responsibility, family and higher ideals. I also think that the Right is making a big mistake in alienating Islam. Social conservatives and Christians could have strong allies with the Muslim community if they could only make the effort to build a bridge.
Unfortunately, there’s a lot of truth to this. Libertarianism has become a way to demonstrate the prioritization of other hardline conservative values, describing something like the yuppies of the 1980s: strict conservatives who value the ability to monetize everything while paying lip service to the rest of the system. In order to actually be an honest-to-god libertarian, you’ve got to really seek out opportunities for everyone to be free, even when you disagree with them. Never smoked pot a day in my life, don’t care much for abortion, grinds my gears when I see people live off fast food and soda, and I’m a straight white guy, but each and every person should be free to act in accordance with their own conscience on these issues and many more. Even when you think someone else is wrong, they deserve the opportunity to be wrong because that’s how they want to live their lives. That’s probably also why you’re more likely to find me in the outdoors somewhere than in a cage like NYC, especially Wall Street. People should lead their own lives, and it’s not our place to judge for how they do it. And none of any of that has shit to do with the government, lest we be told how to live ourselves.I think that's because something like 90% of those who now claim to identify with you are ideological victims of people like the Kochs or Mercers, confused, nihilistic, taking up a fad, or are Ron Paul or Tea Party burnouts, etc. Or basically anyone who has taken the most popular "political compass test" and not realized it's propaganda. The word that accurately described you has become a grab bag and a false alternative to Republicanism.
How about peace on Earth and an end to world hunger too?I'm for open borders. Free school. Free healthcare and medicare.
Sounds good in theory, but if killing a subset of a particular population makes me happy (here's looking at you folks who don't know how to use the merge lane) then that is a standard that can be abused. Kinda like a democracy that can lead to tyranny by the majority.I support whatever maximizes happiness, so utilitarian I guess.
What does it tell us about humanity that "tell us about yourself" threads are among the most popular?
Not sure what it has to do with gaining knowledge.People both want knowledge and to feel kinship to others with similarities?
What does it tell us about humanity that "tell us about yourself" threads are among the most popular?
It has problems like any feel-ah-so-fee does, and has to be tempered by morality. But, maximum happiness doesn't refer my own personal happiness. It's collective and probably most closely relates to maximizing freedom (in my opinion).Sounds good in theory, but if killing a subset of a particular population makes me happy (here's looking at you folks who don't know how to use the merge lane) then that is a standard that can be abused. Kinda like a democracy that can lead to tyranny by the majority.
Faur enough.It has problems like any feel-ah-so-fee does, and has to be tempered by morality. But, maximum happiness doesn't refer my own personal happiness. It's collective and probably most closely relates to maximizing freedom (in my opinion).
Anyway, in general folks would feel worse about murdering idiots for being idiots than tolerating them. I know this precisely because I commute to work in Colorado
I consider myself center/right and not partisan. I just don't know a single Democrat that I like right at the moment.