Monday, March 16, 2009

What is a Libertarian vs a Neoconservative (Republican)

Well I was asked by someone on a site I belong to called Smart Girl Politics to give her an outline of what a Libertarian/Ron Paul Republican is. So I wrote this and thought I might add it to my blog in case others are wondering the same thing. So, just to give you an idea of what a 'Ron Paul Republican' (Paleoconservative/Liberartian) is:

#1 - Pro-Life, because Libertarians believe in a nonaggresion philosophy. That means you don't make acts of aggression against someone else. Therefore, when a mother kills her baby (i.e. murder) it is an act of aggression. Now some Libertarians take the individual right of the mother as paramount over the life of the child, but this is where I part ways with the traditional Libertarian Party and so does Ron Paul.....after all he has delivered 4000 babies!

#2 - The individual is soverign. Not withstanding the above argument regarding individualism, Libertarians and 'old school conservatives' such as Ron Paul, Pat Buchanan, and Barry Goldwater, believe that the individual is soverign over the state in all aspects of our daily lives. This is where the current Republican party and Libertarians part because Republicans are statist. Libertarians believe we get our soverignty from God and not from the state/Gov't or man.

#3 - Anti-war/nonintervention foreign policy: Again, the neo-cons who have hijacked the Republican Party are very much trigger happy war mongers who would like nothing more than to expand the American Empire with the superior American military. We have over 130+ bases/installations across the world. We meddle in the foreign affairs of those in the middle east all in the name of 'democracy'. We try to shove a concept of democracy down those people's throats and all it does is build resentment against the United States. Hence, the blowback of 9/11. Of course many Liberals hold this similar view, but it is true nontheless. Furhthermore, the US should follow what the Founding Fathers intended for our foreign policy, which is "free trade and associations with all, entangling alliances with none". If we just get back to that basic concept we would never have been the world's police dept. Also, as far as the United Nations go, we should leave. They hate the US and we fund a third of their budget and they have the audacity to call us 'deadbeats' and continue to spew anti-american rhetoric......they forget the hand that feeds them!

#4 - FREE MARKETS for ALL: Libertarians and true conservatives are procapitalist. Many people have forgotten what a true Capitalist is. What it is not is the merging of corporations and Gov't to set national policy and agendas. Where I come from....that's called Facism. Furthermore, we need free markets amoung banks and sound money by first eliminating the Federal Reserve System. If you study the history of the Federal Reserve System, it is nothing more than a dirty cartel that taxes the american public through a system called inflation. This is done easily for them because our money is based on the 'faith and credit' of the US which is not backed by Gold, which IS real wealth. The free markets should be left to reign and meet the demand of the public and should never be squashed for the benefit of a few. Of course in order to do this, everyone has to act in a moral framework. If we don't operate with honesty and integrity than the market breaks down and we are seen as greedy americas/evil capitalist. This just invites all the Marxist, Keyensians, and Obamakins.

This is what I believe in a nut shell. If we could just stay true to these four things than America would be on the right track to becoming once again the greatest country. Unfortunately, the current main two parties have left these ideas at the way side. I believe the new blood for the conservative movement resides in the Libertarian party and not in the Republican party.

2 comments:

  1. it's true, but it takes more then a few to make it happen... I hope America Wakes up and realizes God is on the thrown...

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