To: Freeman Patrick Henry
I'm more of a Jefferson or Rand type old leftist. Hmmm. Jefferson and Rand. Do those two really go together?
I'm a Jeffersonian myself. I dream of an Agrarian society ruled by yeomen farmers living about a starry constellation of vibrant and thriving small towns -- like the Old Republic (pre-1861).
It's sort of capitalism (capitalism is a word like conservative, n'est pas? it really means anything and nothing) applied to politics, if you catch my meaning.
Capitalism is the servant, not the master, and should not be made the sole end of society. It is but a means to society's true ends, and that is all.
To: Arator
"Capitalism is the servant, not the master, and should not be made the sole end of society."
Well, in a sense. Capitalism is the only social system based upon individual rights.
I said Jefferson and Rand because of Jefferson's quest for learning, and Rand's adoration of reason. Religiously, of course, they don't coincide. Though, contary to popular belief, most of the founding fathers (including Jefferson) were not Christian, but deist.
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