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To: Viennacon
True conservatism states that libertarianism is the preferable position, but that civil society as it stands today is not suitable for libertarianism, and because of that, the civil society must be changed or ‘restored’ to its previous station for the most part.

Right, -- that is conservatism. But the right wing has a different albeit overlapping spectrum, on one end of which you will find sympathy to authoritarian solutions, such as the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile 40 years ago. More on the topic, the use of force by the rebels in Kiev is certainly right wing, but it is not conservatism.

63 posted on 03/30/2014 11:33:06 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex

Whenever Pinochet is brought up, it should be remembered that this period of authoritarianism was the equivalent of martial law in Chile, and very much a reactionary response to the fact that Cuban-funded guerrillas were trying to turn Chile into a communist state. Pinochet gave up power voluntarily once the threat had been neutralized.


70 posted on 03/30/2014 12:14:27 PM PDT by Viennacon
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