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To: ClearCase_guy

Individualist...small but effective government. Personal freedom and responsibility.

“The government that is big enough to give you everything is big enough to take everything from you.”

“Get the HELL out of my way!”—John Galt char., Atlas Shrugged

Some “classical liberals” adopt social liberal but fiscal
conservative stands. Talk host Alan Nathan: “I want the
Republicans out of my bedroom, the Democrats out of my
wallet, and BOTH away from my First and Second
Amendment rights!”

Wiki. on Classical liberalism:
“ It advocates civil liberties with a limited government under the rule of law, private property, and belief in laissez-faire economic policy”

Some leftists think there should be no private property!
Communist.

“Classical liberals were more suspicious than conservatives of all but the most minimal government”

Wiki on Ayn Rand:
“Although she rejected the labels “conservative” and “libertarian,” Rand has had continuing influence on right-wing politics and libertarianism...The political figures who cite Rand as an influence are usually conservatives (often members of the United States Republican Party),] despite Rand taking some positions that are atypical for conservatives, such as being pro-choice and an atheist.”

And (same source):
“Rand’s political philosophy emphasized individual rights (including property rights), and she considered laissez-faire capitalism the only moral social system because in her view it was the only system based on the protection of those rights. She opposed statism, which she understood to include theocracy, absolute monarchy, Nazism, fascism, communism, democratic socialism, and dictatorship.Rand believed that rights should be enforced by a constitutionally limited government.Although her political views are often classified as conservative or libertarian, she preferred the term “radical for capitalism.” She worked with conservatives on political projects, but disagreed with them over issues such as religion and ethics. She denounced libertarianism, which she associated with anarchism. She rejected anarchism as a naïve theory based in subjectivism that could only lead to collectivism in practice.


13 posted on 09/17/2013 11:09:43 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio
Talk host Alan Nathan: "I want the Republicans out of my bedroom, the Democrats out of my wallet, and BOTH away from my First and Second Amendment rights!"

A-friggin-men!

18 posted on 09/18/2013 10:28:05 AM PDT by shego
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