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Re: Reagan... not exactly libertarian, but close
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Sat, 1 Apr 2000 16:12:11 GMT
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> Libertarianism is generally considered to be strongly toward the right
> of the political spectrum.
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> Not by libertarians, it's not. We reject the one dimensional spectrum. You • need
> at least two. See the quiz at www.lp.org, for example.
I have taken the quiz before, interesting diamond shape. However, (no
offense to Libertarians or to Larry) it reminds me of triangulation, in
which Clinton seemed to try to position himself. He was above either the
right or left:
Clinton
/ \
Liberal Conservative
A for them not to the right of the spectrum, I think Libertarians are. They
are not very liberal in most things, IMHO.
Heh, I can play with this quiz, I got Libertarian to borderline /
right-conservative Libertarian. Interesting.
Scott S.
P.S. I get to go to Big Rapids today, for a Senior dinner or something (My
fiancee's Pharmacy class) . Yippee!!
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| (...) ?? freedom, victimless crimes, markets as levelers and wealth creators? these are all classical liberal ideas. Again, the point of that spectrum is that current left liberals are OK on personal freedom (factoring out minor PCness) but lousy on (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Haha! I like that one! There is an essential truth to it. But once again, you are ascribing to Clinton what in truth many politicians are guilty of. Bush / \ Liberal Conservative That's the picture GWB gave at the start of the campaign. When (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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