You seem like a good-natured person, and I understand where you are coming from. But there is a fundamental difference in Liberal and Conservative political ideology that you are missing.
NOTE: NOT Repub vs. Dem, those are parties that SAY they operate based on these philosophies, but... Politicians say a lot of things.
Back to the philosophies:
Liberal: A safe bet. Peolpe need gov't to take care of them in all aspects of their lives. People work, the gov't takes the money (taxes) that they say they need to take care of the citizens, and whatever money is left over, the citizen can keep.
Conservative: A little riskier. Individual responsibilty and liberty with minimal intrusion from government into our daily lives. We keep more of our money when we earn it, and are responsible for our own livelihood.
It is a choice that all Americans must make, and you make it everytime you vote.
you my friend are an idiot
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of individual liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but most liberals support such fundamental ideas as constitutions, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights, capitalism, fair trade, and the separation of church and state. These ideas are widely accepted, even by political groups that do not openly profess a liberal ideological orientation. Liberalism encompasses several intellectual trends and traditions, but the dominant variants are classical liberalism, which became popular in the eighteenth century, and social liberalism, which became popular in the twentieth century.
Song, p. 45. Grounded on these foundations are the two central values of liberalism: equality and liberty.
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a return to the way things were. The first established use of the term in a political context was by François-René de Chateaubriand in 1819, following the French Revolution. The term has since been used to describe a wide range of views.
Seymour Martin Lipset wrote that liberals and conservatives "typically do not take alternative positions on issues of equality and freedom. Instead, each side appeals to one or the other core values, as liberals stress egalitarianism‘s primacy and the social injustice that flows from unfettered individualism, while conservatives enshrine individual freedom and the social need for mobility and achievement as values "endangered" by the collectivism inherent in liberal nostrums.
so i think you should read about what liberalism and conservatism actually are before you go off defining things
i would just like to highlight this pm i got from the best of times, real mature
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i would just like to highlight this pm i got from the best of times, real mature
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