libertarian conservatism

Examples of libertarian conservatism in the following topics:

• Conservatism

  • Liberal conservatism is a variant of conservatism that combines conservative values and policies with classical liberal stances.
  • Libertarian conservatism describes certain political ideologies within the United States and Canada which combine libertarian economic issues with aspects of conservatism.
  • National conservatism concentrates more on national interests than standard conservatism, and it upholds cultural and ethnic identity.
  • Social conservatism is distinct from cultural conservatism, although there are some overlaps.
  • Major movements within American conservatism include support for tradition, law-and-order, Christianity, anti-communism, and a defense of "Western civilization from the challenges of modernist culture and totalitarian governments. " Economic conservatives and libertarians favor small government, low taxes, limited regulation, and free enterprise.

• Political Ideology

  • American conservatism commonly refers to a combination of economic liberalism and social conservatism and to an extent, libertarianism.
  • Liberalism and conservatism are the most common ideologies in the U.S., apart from those who identify as moderate.
  • Moderates, who may be left or right leaning, incorporate different aspects from liberalism and conservatism into their personal perspective.
  • Libertarians commonly hold liberal views on social issues but conservative views on economic issues.
  • Since the 1980s, a majority of libertarians have favored the Republican Party, although in recent years, the margin favoring the Republicans has begun to shrink because of the libertarians' opposition to many recent Republican supported social issues.

• Limited Government

  • It is a principle of classical liberalism, free market libertarianism, and some tendencies of liberalism and conservatism in the United States.

• The Republican Party

  • The Republican Party is a major political party in the U.S, along with the Democratic Party; its platform reflects American conservatism.
  • Currently the party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S. political spectrum.
  • American conservatism of the Republican Party is not wholly based upon rejection of the political ideology of liberalism, as many principles of American conservatism are based upon classical liberalism.
  • Rather the Republican Party's conservatism is largely based upon its support of classical principles against the modern liberalism of the Democratic Party that is considered American liberalism in contemporary American political discourse.
  • The Republican Party includes fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, neoconservatives, moderates, and libertarians.

• Liberalism

  • Both modern American conservatism and social liberalism split from Classical Liberalism in the early 20th century.
  • Conservatism shares an ideological agreement on limited government in the area of preventing government restriction against economic civil liberties as embodied in the ability of people to sell their goods, services or labor to anyone they choose free from restriction except in rare cases where society's general welfare is at stake.
  • Roosevelt, whereas in Europe it is more commonly associated with a commitment to limited government and laissez-faire economic policies. " Consequently in the U.S., the ideas of individualism and laissez-faire economics previously associated with classical liberalism, became the basis for the emerging school of right wing libertarian thought.

• Issues with the Traditional Political Spectrum

  • In this context, the contemporary American on the left is often considered individualist (or libertarian ) on social/cultural issues and communitarian (or populist) on economic issues, while the contemporary American on the right is often considered communitarian (or populist) on social/cultural issues and individualist (or libertarian) on economic issues.
  • The Nolan Chart, created by libertarian David Nolan, shows what he considers as "economic freedom " (issues like taxation, free trade, and free enterprise) on the horizontal axis and what he considers as "personal freedom" (issues like drug legalization, abortion, and the draft) on the vertical axis.
  • This puts left-wingers in the left quadrant, libertarians in the top, right-wingers in the right, and what Nolan originally named "populists" at the bottom.

• Individualism

  • Civil libertarianism is not a complete ideology; rather, it is a collection of views on the specific issues of civil liberties and civil rights.
  • Because of this, a civil libertarian outlook is compatible with many other political philosophies, and civil libertarianism is found on both the right and left in modern politics.

• Ideological Third Parties and Splinter Parties

  • The three main third parties are the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, and the Constitution Party .
  • The Libertarian Party supports laissez-faire policies, small government, and is characterized by being socially liberal and fiscally conservative.
  • Beyond the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution Parties, third parties in American politics tend even farther towards the fringe, emphasizing ideology and avoiding speaking to a broad base.

• From Political Values to Ideology

  • Core American political values general fall in line with one of three political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, or moderate.
  • Contrastingly, people who value tradition and the status quo will relate more to conservatism.
  • Moderates hold an ideology somewhere in between liberalism and conservatism.

• The Modern Era of Political Parties

  • Today, the Republican Party supports an American conservative platform, with foundations in economic liberalism, fiscal conservatism, and social conservatism.