Mr Puggsly said:
Evil is subjective. I remember people saying we should vote for Obama because he was the lesser evil. But that guy divided the country in a big way, he was an awful leader. I just a more fiscally conservitive leader that doesn't bend solely to what left wingers want. Trump is a social liberal (not extreme) and that's a good direction for a republican party in my opinion. My concern with Hilary is she will pick up where Obama left off. So whatever, glad to see the country is atleast not blindly going with Hilary. |
AFAIC and wikipedia can back me up here, the term "social liberalism" is used for left wing liberals. Pretty much like Bill Clinton or JFK.
The "market liberal" or "libertarian" can be used for the right wing liberal. Like Friedman for instance.
I find Bernie's ideas a lot closer to what a social liberal is, than Hilary's for example and this is to say they're totally the opposite of Trump's.
Trump is not even a liberal, he's totally the opposite. Trump is a conservative. No going-forward country has a conservative government. Conservatives tend to choose religion over science, media showcases over political debate and they tend to talk about moral values based on religion and not philosophy.
That being said, this is exactly what Trump believes and most republicans for that matter. It is true that Obama was supposed to be awesome and wasn't, but a conservative government is always a step back. You can choose a top 20 WESTERN economy right now and search for the political spread of it's prime minister or president and take a look. Right now I believe only Spain and Italy have a conservative right wing at office and they're both going down big time. Holland, Sweden, Canada, France and a bunch more all have liberal governments. Either left or right wing, the point is that liberalism is a step closer to freedom whilst conservativism is not.
