[Sam the Sham]

And civilization is safer with MTV in charge ?

Only a society structured around deferred gratification, respect for authority, rigid social conventions, etc could render big government unnecessary. And the logic of capitalism is to create a Viacom which tells our daughters to dress like Britney Spears.

The sexual revolution was pure consumer capitalism. Always looking for the better deal. Trading in your old model for a flashy new status symbol. Moving up. Trading up. Sex is just business. Nothing personal. No hard feelings. Didn't "trade" become a euphemism for sex ?

So the very logic of consumer capitalism is to destroy the values that would make a libertarian society possible.

[Protagoras]

Please remove me from your goofy little ping list. You have nothing to say worth reading.

What was your old screen name?

[Durus]

You don't like capitalism and you are for big government because "we" (no doubt not you) don't have the morals to survive with out it. The morals of Big Government are wonderful of course. Historically they have always worked out so well.

So how would you describe you political philosophy? Neo-Sovietism? Authoritarian Socialism? Perhaps National Socialism? Whatever you are you are no conservative.