Benjamin Cain
Nov 21, 2024

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How is that relevant to my point? Reagan was a flaming socialist compared to Trump's "conservatives." The point is that libertarianism or laissez-faire capitalism is a liberal (secular humanist) principle that has nothing to do with conservatism. But conservatives hide their medieval preference for dominance hierarchies under the banner of libertarianism because that kind of capitalism happens to be defective in reverting to a modern form of the ancient or medieval caste system (plutocracy or kleptocracy).

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

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