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Interesting article. It sounds like I fall into a wide variety of the categories though. I wish there was some little test you could take to give you a better idea of where you really are.
Paleo bump.
Excellent article. It is refreshing to read someone who deals in ideas and specifics instead of invective. Most of those who are so quick to call names probably don't understand what the labels mean to begin with. This was a refreshing change.
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Interesting although redundant; modern "conservatism/rightism" has always been a loose coalition of traditionalists, libertarians, and anti-communists. Getting agreement among conservatives is "herding wildcats" as someone once said. The lefties stay in goosestep much more effectively.
Interesting thought. He may be on to something. Although no Paleo, Dennis Prager lashed out at the Enlightenment on his radio show. It surprised me. Although some hate to admit it, the founding fathers founded this country on Enlightenment principles, rather right down the line.
Paleoconservative used to mean one thing. In the last few years, the meaning has apparently changed to, "socialist."
This just seems false. I don't think I've ever run across a paleoconservative who didn't acknowledge "natural rights" (perhaps God-given etc.), i.e. not merely posited and arbitrary to be dispensed as public employees wish. And as for John Locke's hypotheses about 'the social contract' etc. most paleoconservatives I think would find those ideas about ethically binding implied consent to be at least as tenable as anything to the contrary. Am I overlooking something about "Lockean contract theory"?
I'm re-reading Kirk right now. I like him, but I find myself disagreeing with him at times, mostly as a matter of emphasis. I don't consider myself a classic conservative, I lean toward classic liberalism, I think.
I find my thoughts reflected in Locke, Burke, Hayek, I admire Lincoln, I'm a Christian, and I recognize and accept the tensions and contradictions that go with those.
I'm pro-immigration, but I want the border secured.
Paleo-conservatives = Pat Buchanan, David Duke and their kind, including Europeans who complain about "neo-cons."
Labels are so....Neo-paleo ;'}
PS. Chronicles and the Rochford Instituite were copted by paleos 15 years before The American Dhimmi was founded by the cokehead greek shipping magnate.
bttt for later
Your Score
Your scored 0 on the Moral Order axis and -5.5 on the Moral Rules axis.
Matches
The following items best match your score:
System: Conservatism, Liberalism
Variation: Economic Conservatism, Economic Liberalism
Ideologies: Conservative NeoLiberalism, Progressive NeoLiberalism
US Parties: Republican Party
Presidents: Ronald Reagan (90.89%)
2004 Election Candidates: John Kerry (79.63%), George W. Bush (77.79%), Ralph Nader (60.91%)
Statistics
Of the 262283 people who took the test:
0.9% had the same score as you.
79.7% were above you on the chart.
15.8% were below you on the chart.
28.5% were to your right on the chart.
59.5% were to your left on the chart.
Well I don't know how well I did or how bad I did, but it does say that Ronald Reagan would be someone I would vote for and that is good enough for me.