2010-02-13

Contradictory Thoughts

Popular conservative pundits speak as though their thinking holds no contradictions with the ideas of liberty.

"We're for freedom!" Maybe vis-a-vis a hard leftist they take individualism and freedom more seriously but getting it down in a formal way has proven inconsistent.

Take for example the notion of limited government. Sounds good. I'm all for it. But what happens when they advocate war? Doesn't this expand the government? Now, at this point, they will argue "well, it's necessary in order to defend liberties." Ergo, they tolerate something that really isn't about limited government as a trade off for freedom. Or like in a previous post, the constant need to "morally" regulate the lives of people. That's not conservatism; that's bull shit by any other definition. Just as it's zany for liberals to coerce people to follow their pet projects, it makes no sense to accept conservative totalitarian tendencies.

About the war angle, it may make perfect sense to them but I always thought conservatism doesn't not believe in foreign wars. Then again, national defense is one area the people consented to allow the government to control.

So. Is there still a contradiction?

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