Sunday, October 18, 2009

Quote of the Day

"The new right is a term that refers to both libertarians and neoconservatives. But there is a very important difference between these two advocates of economic liberalism: libertarians are consistent liberals, whereas neoconservatives are not. Libertarians are consistent liberals because they are advocates of a minimal state, not only where the economy is concerned, but where social life is concerned. In other words, they mean to keep government out of our pocketbooks as well as out of bedrooms... In contrast, neoconservatism combines capitalist economics with conservative social policies. It aims to keep the government out of the economy, but not out of the bedrooms, the schools, the arts, publishing, and broadcasting."

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2 Comments:

At 12:34 pm , Blogger Mark Wadsworth said...

That's a fair summary.

 
At 3:03 pm , Blogger James Higham said...

And it shows that these broad generalizations don't hold water.

 

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