I'm a socialist when it comes to my immediate family. They get whatever they need up to what I can provide.
I'm a libertarian when it comes to my community, city, state. I really just want to do business at this level and then fuck off to my homestead. And everyone else can fuck off at that point, too.
I'm a federalist when it comes to my nation and dealing with other nations. I want a nation that is unified and strong enough to preserve itself, but I want them to stay the fuck out of my business.
I'm guessing that a lot of Americans are like this, but have different boundaries. I think the typical bleeding heart liberal thinks of their community and their nation the way I think of family... The typical conservative is probably more federalist at the city/state level. I think it'd be interesting to see a random sampling of this. But I'm fairly certain that very few people really think about themselves this way.
Something I've been mulling over lately is:
I'm a socialist when it comes to my immediate family. They get whatever they need up to what I can provide.
I'm a libertarian when it comes to my community, city, state. I really just want to do business at this level and then fuck off to my homestead. And everyone else can fuck off at that point, too.
I'm a federalist when it comes to my nation and dealing with other nations. I want a nation that is unified and strong enough to preserve itself, but I want them to stay the fuck out of my business.
I'm guessing that a lot of Americans are like this, but have different boundaries. I think the typical bleeding heart liberal thinks of their community and their nation the way I think of family... The typical conservative is probably more federalist at the city/state level. I think it'd be interesting to see a random sampling of this. But I'm fairly certain that very few people really think about themselves this way.