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No you're not, you're a woman. :lol:i am a moderate liberal.
No you're not, you're a woman. :lol:i am a moderate liberal.
I consider myself to be an independent with a leaning towards conservatism on many political areas (like national security and abortion). Although there are some issues you could call me liberal on (like *some* regulation to business and fair wages, maybe even a liberal form of health care if it is efficient). I tend to make up my mind based on each issue, not put myself in one group that encompasses many issues.
****ed if I know.
There is no single group that can adequately represent my beliefs but I, generally, side with libertarians.
I draw some of my beliefs from Distributism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Thanks to Wessexman for introducing me to it), Agrarianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Austrian School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia as well as some other groups.
I believe that most of the economy should be left to itself, as Keynesian policies requires controllers to be perfectly moral and wise.
The core of my economic and political beliefs in decentralization.
Decisions are best left to individuals and they must also suffer the consequences of said choices.
I believe if we reach ideals that we all know about and can have faith in, money is not needed, just honesty and honor. We can all work together to cover each others needs and add other values on top.
Yeah...good luck with that. :roll:
Great. I didnt know these things had names. I agree with these ideas, but I think the PEOPLE need to cooperate together to make things happen and to create the best lifestyle for themself, this is best done through some kind of organization like government or church or similar organisations.
In an ideal world the "church" meaning "faith/common best knowledge" would drive people to the correct choices rather than a central authority dictate(government).
Private property is not necessary in a society where everyone work for everyone and contribute the best and contribute the most and best they can and will. Therefor I somewhat disagree with distributionism. I believe if we reach ideals that we all know about and can have faith in, money is not needed, just honesty and honor. We can all work together to cover each others needs and add other values on top.
Great. I didnt know these things had names. I agree with these ideas, but I think the PEOPLE need to cooperate together to make things happen and to create the best lifestyle for themself, this is best done through some kind of organization like government or church or similar organisations.
In an ideal world the "church" meaning "faith/common best knowledge" would drive people to the correct choices rather than a central authority dictate(government).
Private property is not necessary in a society where everyone work for everyone and contribute the best and contribute the most and best they can and will. Therefor I somewhat disagree with distributionism. I believe if we reach ideals that we all know about and can have faith in, money is not needed, just honesty and honor. We can all work together to cover each others needs and add other values on top.
I could not agree more. Well said.
Unfortunately people who share that view who achieve any type of power are simply slaughtered by the majority.
Most of these ideas have no problem with property rights but as you noticed they do emphasize family and community(towns and counties) .
In my mind, if we are to have any type of socialist policy, it should exist at that level.
Most of these ideas have no problem with property rights but as you noticed they do emphasize family and community(towns and counties) .
In my mind, if we are to have any type of socialist policy, it should exist at that level.
But how do you account for greed and the pursuit of power. These are realities.
Greed and power structures are not inherently bad.
I don't like them on the big scale like National governments, Multinational corporations, etc.
The philosophy is decentralization.
In my opinion, socialist style programs like public education, welfare, etc only operate well on a local level where the results can be scrutinized with more accuracy and needed changes can be made immediately.
But they exist at those big scales.
I agree with you that socialist style programs work best decentralized.
My preference is to let the market figure it out (great for shoe production) but there are some things that the market simply sucks at (health care) and use other means of solving an issue when the market does fail to provide for the welfare of the country.