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On social policy
The social conservative recognizes that sound moral and social policy are necessary for a society to be healthy and thrive. The liberal and the libertarian seek to ignore the consequences of loose and tolerant social policy, primarily for personal gratification.
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Why I am not a progressive or a libertarian.
On the right of life:
Progressives: Abortion is a human right; the right to be born doesn't exist.
Libertarians: Abortion is a human right; the right to be born doesn't exist.
Me: The right to life is the ultimate human right and the precursor of all other rights.
On sex:
Progressives: Sex should be sanitary, sterile and void of responsibility.
Libertarians: Sex should be sanitary, sterile and void of responsibility.
Me:
On fiscal responsibility:
Progressives: Fiscal responsibility is unnecessary.
Libertarians: Fiscal responsibility should magically happen in a socially-irresponsible society.
Me:
Wealth and progressivism
The super-wealthy tend to embrace progressive ideas and causes because they lose touch with the realities of life. They become financially and culturally detached from the real problems that the less-successful continue to deal with regularly. Because they have succeeded at their own endeavors, they think that grand institutions (particularly government and technology) can solve all of the world''s problems. Also, their wealth and prestige buys them association with other elites.
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