The Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives

The Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives
Posted on June 16, 2011 by LHR Jr.

On the fundamental question of politics -- indeed, the only question -- liberals and conservatives are identical. They both see the state as providing the foundation and structure of society. They hold that pervasive official violence brings us civilization. Why, why, without it, we couldn't have wars, Wall Street bailouts, welfare, the FBI, CIA, IRS, EPA, and...marriage. According to conservative Ann Coulter, Ron Paul is to be traduced when he notes that in state-controlled areas, certain problems are insolvable.

Ron has his strong, traditional, religious view of marriage, but as a public official, should he impose it on others? Coulter tells us that marriage is a legal (meaning governmental) construct, and to argue that the church should control marriage and not the government is cowardly. Of course, throughout the history of mankind, marriage -- which far antedates the state -- was not a government monopoly. The French Revolution enshrined this montrous idea. What sets her and the rest of the Beltway sputtering is the power of the radical libertarian realism of Ron Paul -- in foreign affairs, economics, social policy, and so many other areas. It has captured the spirit of the young. This is Ron's great legacy. No wonder that state conservatism, like state liberalism, is feeling threatened. (Thanks to Jonathan Garthwaite)