Political Question

[Roger Bacon]

Isn't everyone socially liberal and economically conservative?


How can you not be?


This isn't that hard

[Raymondo]

I'm a puritan who likes to spend other peoples' money

[Tapeworm]

No, the two are at odds.

[Archer77]

That's roughly what I consider myself to be.  But I do feel that in certain circumstances being socially liberally requires me to be less economically conservative because in that situation I put more value on people than money.

[The True Adonis]

Isn't everyone socially liberal and economically conservative?


How can you not be?


This isn't that hard

You read the political board.  You see how many morons are against gay marriage, abortion, drugs, birth control,  and tons of other things.  Dumb-Dumbs everywhere.

[Hulkotron]

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

[Tapeworm]

More carrot, less stick.

[Roger Bacon]

I'm a puritan who likes to spend other peoples' money

hahahahahahah!!!

 

[Roger Bacon]

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

I've successfully rooted out the Communist.

[mass243]

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

That's in Big Rossiya! Bigger than Liberty Statue in USA - guarding the vast territories of RUS.
Symbolizing the ruthless wrath Russian people are ready to lay on whoever tries to enslave them.


Never forget the price paid for Independence - the most valuable asset a nation can have !

[timfogarty]

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/why-are-states-so-red-and-blue/

Conservative thinkers like the economist Thomas Sowell and the Times columnist David Brooks have noted that the political right has a Tragic Vision of human nature, in which people are permanently limited in morality, knowledge and reason. Human beings are perennially tempted by aggression, which can be prevented only by the deterrence of a strong military, of citizens resolved to defend themselves and of the prospect of harsh criminal punishment. No central planner is wise or knowledgeable enough to manage an entire economy, which is better left to the invisible hand of the market, in which intelligence is distributed across a network of hundreds of millions of individuals implicitly transmitting information about scarcity and abundance through the prices they negotiate. Humanity is always in danger of backsliding into barbarism, so we should respect customs in sexuality, religion and public propriety, even if no one can articulate their rationale, because they are time-tested workarounds for our innate shortcomings. The left, in contrast, has a Utopian Vision, which emphasizes the malleability of human nature, puts customs under the microscope, articulates rational plans for a better society and seeks to implement them through public institutions.

[Roger Bacon]

You read the political board.  You see how many morons are against gay marriage, abortion, drugs, birth control,  and tons of other things.  Dumb-Dumbs everywhere.

Good point... 

[Roger Bacon]

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/why-are-states-so-red-and-blue/

Conservative thinkers like the economist Thomas Sowell and the Times columnist David Brooks have noted that the political right has a Tragic Vision of human nature, in which people are permanently limited in morality, knowledge and reason. Human beings are perennially tempted by aggression, which can be prevented only by the deterrence of a strong military, of citizens resolved to defend themselves and of the prospect of harsh criminal punishment. No central planner is wise or knowledgeable enough to manage an entire economy, which is better left to the invisible hand of the market, in which intelligence is distributed across a network of hundreds of millions of individuals implicitly transmitting information about scarcity and abundance through the prices they negotiate. Humanity is always in danger of backsliding into barbarism, so we should respect customs in sexuality, religion and public propriety, even if no one can articulate their rationale, because they are time-tested workarounds for our innate shortcomings. The left, in contrast, has a Utopian Vision, which emphasizes the malleability of human nature, puts customs under the microscope, articulates rational plans for a better society and seeks to implement them through public institutions.
   

Dead on