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Originally Posted by Janszoon
I had that notion in my head for a long time too (probably because my father is a libertarian) but I don't think it's really true. Both liberals and conservatives have their big government and small government strains. In recent history in the United States it has been the conservatives who generally have been pushing for bigger government.
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True, it's wormed its way into neo-con ideals, but a 100% true 'conservative' not affiliated with the republican party, believes in smaller government.
And while I agree conservatives are more into meddling government these days, thats not to say liberals arent for even BIGGER government. Its just that alot of the high profile big gov. stuff- censorship, drug war, etc. tends to be more republican backed, while stuff like government interfering in free trade and moving towards a more socialist nation is all liberal.