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To: enumerated

Libertarianism is some 250 years old and was a spawn of the French Enlightenment(Liberte’). In contrast, Principled Conservatism reaches back to the first organized cultures/societies some 5000+ years ago. Libertarianism exalts freedom above all, while the bedrock of Conservatism is a binding moral order grounded by the Natural Law.
They are not compatible.


75 posted on 05/22/2016 11:22:55 AM PDT by Arrian (n)
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To: Arrian

“A binding moral order grounded by the Natural Law”. Well, that is mighty vague.

If you say freedom above all is not compatible with it, then I would ask for some specifics: what morals, what order, what natural law.

Freedom should be at the crux of it, but then again, you haven’t specified anything.


83 posted on 05/22/2016 5:02:43 PM PDT by enumerated
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