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Well said Sir. I expected no less from a man of your learning. Was wondering on your reply and you exceeded expectations. It is through these exploratory musings and ruminations that I find a hopeful message. Thanks for a well placed retort.
Will link back when I return home.
Proud to be your friend.
[...] UPDATE: TCOTS has a plea. Gator Doug interjects. And The CL has a well placed volley. [...]
What can I say CL, this was a great post. I always close my post with "Liberty forever, freedom for all!"
I too want to conserve the foundation of our Constitution and embrace the principles of the founding fathers. I also believe that government needs to be strictly limited while individualism over collectivism should be championed. So tell me, am I a conservative or libertarian? Or does it even matter?
Who knows? Get 2 or more people in a room and there's gonna be disagreement. I think the most important thing is to open yourself up to freedom lovers with whom you sometimes (or often) disagree.
The deepest cleavages between classical-liberal libertarianism and modern, pro-freedom conservatism have to do with "vice," ingress control, and foreign dealings. In respect of those topics, you might find this old essay to be of interest.
Yes. For the purposes of the post though, I left it to the basics of power and authority. I've gone into more detail in other posts, and also read yours and think it's very good. I should round those up and put them together in a post.
Btw, I enjoy Eternity Road!
You're wrong - Libertarians do not restrict people from setting up communes if they so desire.
It is that Libertarians allow people to do whatever they want to do as long as it doesn't threaten another's life or liberty. We tend to err on the side of individual liberty to prevent the government from taking advantage of any form of regulation (such as the issue of abortion).
Conservatives and Libertarians agree on 75% of all issues, basically.
Read On Liberty (John Stuart Mill) for an explanation of the true differences.
What I said was:
So I'm not wrong, you and I are in complete agreement.