I am not of the right.
I believe in moderation. I am not for big government, or small government, I just want the government to work, (or at the very least, try).
That stems from a generation where the right has dominated, though, now, that "revolution" is in it's last throes.
A movement, left or right, is always based on a clear, strong, philosophy.
Right now, the Right's policy is so diluted, so self-contradicting, that no consistent philosophy can really be determined.
For this reason, the right, conservatism, and the Republican party are waning, and a person who is of the right explains why with two quotes that I think are apt:
Quote:
From Ronald Reagan:
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. ... The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
To Rick Santorum:
One of the criticisms I make is to what I refer to as more of a libertarianish right. ... This whole idea of personal autonomy, well I don’t think most conservatives hold that point of view. Some do. They have this idea that people should be left alone, be able to do whatever they want to do, government should keep our taxes down and keep our regulations low, that we shouldn’t get involved in the bedroom, we shouldn’t get involved in cultural issues. You know, people should do whatever they want. Well, that is not how traditional conservatives view the world and I think most conservatives understand that individuals can’t go it alone. That there is no such society that I am aware of, where we’ve had radical individualism and that it succeeds as a culture.
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http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/..._of_the_re.php
05-27-2008, 12:43 PM
Right Wing = Broken wing
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