Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
It's been my observation that both liberals and conservatives have one thing in common.
They both want "freedom" but want it applied to different things. Liberals tend to want social/cultural freedom whereas conservatives tend to want economic freedom. Both sides tend to want to control each others type of freedom. Liberals tend to want to control and regulate the economic freedom that conservatives want and conservatives tend to want to control and regulate the social/cultural freedoms that Liberals want. Isn't this where much of the hostility comes from with both groups? It's like there's a clash of freedoms.
I see liberals giving up freedoms so that the government can do it for them (social programs)
I see conservatives giving up freedoms so that the government can oversee it for them (business regulations).
From what I have noticed conservatives do not like taxes, but want to tell women what they can do with their bodies, decide who can and cannot get married and make laws to tell people what drugs they and cannot use.
Liberals on the other hand seem not care what you do so long as you pay taxes and do not discriminate.
I see liberals giving up freedoms so that the government can do it for them (social programs) I see conservatives giving up freedoms so that the government can oversee it for them (business regulations).
I would think conservatives are for a pure free market. The less regulation the better.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.