[JNB]

Ayn Rand style Libertarianism, and this amounts to little more than a refined social darwinism was based on "The age of Enlightenment". Communism also came from the same sources as well during this age, and many can trace most of this deformed "philosophy" from the "reformation" itself, that unwittingly(this was not the intention of the protestant founders to be fair) put man before God

Not to say everything that came from this era was bad, because the moderate starin of English style secularism, compared to the radical form that found root in France, gave birth to modern concept of human rights, and evcen though the US constituion was largely shaped by FreeMasons, Americans themselves still recognised God was before man.

As for the Victorian era, while it was known for vice related activities in the UK, still violent crime, despite Jack the Ripper, was far lower than any major city is today. The modern police in London was formed in this era, and they made a point for them not to be armed. Petty theft and vice were the issues, but for the most part, it was safe to walk the streets at night in London at the time, as it was safe in NYC to walk the streets at night in the 30s.

It doesnt surprise me that many dogmatic free traders claim to be Evangelicals, though again to be fair, many evangelical Christians such as Gary Bauer are opposed to globalism.

[1rudeboy]

It doesn't surprise me that many [protectionists] claim to be [Socialists], though again to be fair, many [protectionists] such as [Pat Buchanan] are opposed to globalism.

[Tokhtamish]

It falls along class lines. Evangelicals born with silver spoons in their mouths like Pat Robertson and Ralph Reed take the corporate side. Most like Phyllis Schalfly and Gary Bauer no more trust corporate elites to make all societal decisions than they trust Viacom to teach their children morals.

The failure of Ralph Reed to get the Christian Coalition to endorse NAFTA was telling. I see the major force here as blue collar economic self interest which was always rightly suspicious of people who assume their jobs are jobs that America can afford to lose.

Bear in mind, as the Gordon Riots around 1750-ish showed, that the Victorian city saw the privileged and well to do balanced precariously atop a huge, volatile lumpen population.