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Posted on 12/10/2006 3:34:41 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez
"Ronald Reagan did a good job of getting most of these groups together, however uneasily. I don't know if much good will happen until we find another Reagan. If we get involved in squabbles and lose sight of the fact that we are being threatened by new forms of communism and fascism then we are sunk."
Hence Reagan's 11th Commandment. Very ancient history, and a too oft ignored matter of civility.
Yes, and nowhere better illustrated than the original "National Review" in its early glory days of the 50s and 60s. Attitudes as different as those of Russell Kirk, James Burnham and William Rusher, to name just three, managed to keep moving in the same general direction, despite differing priorities. To be an effective political force, that kind of coalition has to hold. Conservatism is not widespread enough to withstand a lot of fragmentation.
One thing that seems to me a bit different from the Conservatism of yesteryear is a populist element that normally shows up in the Democratic Party -- an anti-business undertone, a suspicion of "getting ahead" that typically is part of the Left. This is a minority strain, to be sure, but I just don't recall it being part of the MCM previously.
I think the use of "elitist" as a pejorative term is a relatively recent development. In fact in the 50s 60s, it was typically people on the Right who were tagged as elitists. And most of them took it as a compliment.
Voltaire was an atheist rationalist. He was used by radicals in France, and things got off the rails. But the founding fathers, the intellectual ones, admired both French and Scottish philosophers. Montesquieu was a big hit, as he is to this day. Gary Wills however has written a book that the Scottish Enlightenment philosophers were the most influential, as well they should. Edinburgh for a brief period was a fantastic gleaming city on the hill, at least of the mind.
Mine:
Your scored 3.5 on the Moral Order axis and -7 on the Moral Rules axis.
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The following items best match your score:
System: Conservatism
Variation: Economic Conservatism
Ideologies: Ultra Capitalism, Conservative NeoLiberalism
US Parties: Republican Party
Presidents: Ronald Reagan (92.03%)
2004 Election Candidates: George W. Bush (88.95%), John Kerry (63.76%), Ralph Nader (45.11%)
Oh my, you don't have a US party. Hmmmm LOL
Here you go.
I really wanted to come in at a Reagan but I got this instead:
System: Conservatism
Variation: Extreme Conservatism
Ideologies: Ultra Capitalism
US Parties: No match.
Presidents: George W. Bush (88.95%)
I can't believe I got matched up with Bush. Bush is considered the Extreme Conservative president?Your Score Your scored 4.5 on the Moral Order axis and -7 on the Moral Rules axis. Matches The following items best match your score: 1. System: Conservatism 2. Variation: Extreme Conservatism 3. Ideologies: Ultra Capitalism, Conservative NeoLiberalism 4. US Parties: Republican Party 5. Presidents: George W. Bush (90.89%) 6. 2004 Election Candidates: George W. Bush (90.89%), John Kerry (60.16%), Ralph Nader (41.66%) Statistics Of the 262020 people who took the test: 1. 0.3% had the same score as you. 2. 95.8% were above you on the chart. 3. 1.2% were below you on the chart. 4. 8.5% were to your right on the chart. 5. 89% were to your left on the chart.
Forrest McDonald's "Novus Ordo Seclorum" would refute this. The first time I heard anyone called a paleoconservative was when husband and Dr. McDonald were joking about his age and his conservatism. That was in the early 1990s. Then Dr. McDonald called himself a paleocon on Booknotes. It was a joke. Anywho, I read a whole lot of Enlightenment literature in a Forrest McDonald course. And we were specifically looking for connections between the philosophies of the Founding Fathers and Enlightenment philosophers.
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On the first test posted I scored as a Conservative Moderate, on this one I score as a Libertarian!
I took the long test. Since I read Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" 30 years ago I have been on the libertarian edge of conservatism or the conservative edge of libertarianism. I used to refer to myself as a Classical Liberal but too many people don't know what that is. I have noticed that people with a utopian frame of mind seem to be able to quickly move from one form of totalitarianism to another -- a fascist becomes a communist becomes an Islamist. I think a mature, healthy mind will therefore be strongly anti-utopian.
I'm re-reading Kirk right now. I like him, but I find myself disagreeing with him at times, mostly as a matter of emphasis. I don't consider myself a classic conservative, I lean toward classic liberalism, I think.
I find my thoughts reflected in Locke, Burke, Hayek, I admire Lincoln, I'm a Christian, and I recognize and accept the tensions and contradictions that go with those.
I'm pro-immigration, but I want the border secured.
They did not include Pitchfork Brigade.
Paleo-conservatives = Pat Buchanan, David Duke and their kind, including Europeans who complain about "neo-cons."
Thanks...that test sort of conformed something I've been suspecting.
I'm leaning to libertarian.
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Your test says that my political ideology is Conservative Neoliberalism.
That's the best description yet.
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