RE: Could America's Republicans learn from UK Conservatives?
April 12, 2015 at 4:58 pm
(This post was last modified: April 12, 2015 at 4:59 pm by Dystopia.)
One thing to notice:
The US never went trough the middle ages and never knew monarchy and other related systems - The US is purely founded on classical liberalism and because of that it's the only thing they ever knew and it's how they live - Conservatives all around the world are different depending on what is considered tradition and what your ancestors did. Conservatives in Britain are naturally pro-monarchy (or reformists at the most) pro-hierarchy, pro-capitalism and pro-mixed economy - I believe conservatives in Britain and in Europe are a better model than American conservatives but curiously our conservatives aren't so focused on individual freedom - In fact many propose a mixed economy and some are authoritarian. Conservatives in America base themselves on liberalism and will naturally be pro individual rights, pro-what-the-founding-fathers-allegedly-wanted, pro-2nd amendment etc. It's funny to see David Cameron distanced himself from god
I've always wondered why is it that America that supposedly separated very clearly and explicitly the church from state (and repudiated monarchies and other similar institutions affiliated with theology and religion) and is much more religion than States like Britan where the Queen is the head of England or Sweden etc
The US never went trough the middle ages and never knew monarchy and other related systems - The US is purely founded on classical liberalism and because of that it's the only thing they ever knew and it's how they live - Conservatives all around the world are different depending on what is considered tradition and what your ancestors did. Conservatives in Britain are naturally pro-monarchy (or reformists at the most) pro-hierarchy, pro-capitalism and pro-mixed economy - I believe conservatives in Britain and in Europe are a better model than American conservatives but curiously our conservatives aren't so focused on individual freedom - In fact many propose a mixed economy and some are authoritarian. Conservatives in America base themselves on liberalism and will naturally be pro individual rights, pro-what-the-founding-fathers-allegedly-wanted, pro-2nd amendment etc. It's funny to see David Cameron distanced himself from god
I've always wondered why is it that America that supposedly separated very clearly and explicitly the church from state (and repudiated monarchies and other similar institutions affiliated with theology and religion) and is much more religion than States like Britan where the Queen is the head of England or Sweden etc
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
