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Originally Posted by Brad Stengel
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.
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I don't think it's accurate to say that 'true' liberals are fundamentally for big government (think anarchists) or that 'true' conservatives are fundamentally for small government (think fascists). Like I said before, there are different strains under the umbrellas of both liberal and conservatives, some are for bigger government, some are for smaller.