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To: thegagline

What was the Reagan quote? “The core of conservatism is libertarianism?”

That’s not quite right, but the idea.

Now, there’s a huge difference between small-l libertarian and big-L libertarian.


4 posted on 05/02/2024 5:28:41 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

“Now, there’s a huge difference between small-l libertarian and big-L libertarian.”

Exactly right. There are the adult libertarians and the infant libertarians. But not unlike Republicans.


11 posted on 05/02/2024 5:51:59 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: MeanWestTexan

“”””What was the Reagan quote? “The core of conservatism is libertarianism?”””””

LOL, in that 1977 libertarian interview that opening statement was typical Reagan looking to connect with the audience and disarm them, he then proceeded in that interview to sell conservatism and try to educate the libertarians on the excesses of their beliefs and why conservatism was the true path.


13 posted on 05/02/2024 6:00:18 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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