Difference between revisions of "Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal"
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Actually, what libertarians really mean by "liberal" is "libertine". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertine The wikipedia article on libertine] says: "A libertine is one devoid of most moral restraints, which are seen as unnecessary or undesirable, especially one who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behaviour sanctified by the larger society." That seems to match most of the propaganda about libertarianism. It also explains Milton Friedman's view of the responsibilities of corporations: "a corporation’s responsibility is to make as much money for the stockholders as possible." | Actually, what libertarians really mean by "liberal" is "libertine". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertine The wikipedia article on libertine] says: "A libertine is one devoid of most moral restraints, which are seen as unnecessary or undesirable, especially one who ignores or even spurns accepted morals and forms of behaviour sanctified by the larger society." That seems to match most of the propaganda about libertarianism. It also explains Milton Friedman's view of the responsibilities of corporations: "a corporation’s responsibility is to make as much money for the stockholders as possible." | ||
| − | Nor are libertarians consistent about "socially liberal": they are evenly split over the issue of abortion, for example. But worse, they deny the social liberal ideas of [[democracy]] and representative government and want to make them subservient to [[plutocracy]]. | + | Nor are libertarians consistent about "socially liberal": they are evenly split over the issue of abortion, for example. But worse, they deny the social liberal ideas of [[democracy]] and representative government and want to make them subservient to [[plutocracy]]. [[Libertarian Dismissals Of Inequality|And equality plays no part in libertarian supposed "socially liberal".]] |
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