Comments on: Political Spectrum http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2008/political-spectrum/ Promoting and Discussing Patriotism and Liberty Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pursuit of Liberty » Blog Archive » Wired for Authoritarianism http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2008/political-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-9545 Pursuit of Liberty » Blog Archive » Wired for Authoritarianism Thu, 01 May 2008 22:29:32 +0000 http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/political-spectrum/#comment-9545 [...] by referring to two posts I wrote back in January, Obi wan Liberali posts More Thoughts on Authoritarian Thinking. I [...] [...] by referring to two posts I wrote back in January, Obi wan Liberali posts More Thoughts on Authoritarian Thinking. I [...]

]]> By: Pursuit of Liberty » Blog Archive » Mapping Politics http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2008/political-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-6989 Pursuit of Liberty » Blog Archive » Mapping Politics Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:51:39 +0000 http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/political-spectrum/#comment-6989 [...] to the observations and perspective of Obi wan Liberali I think I can accurately place some political parties on my 2 dimensional political [...] [...] to the observations and perspective of Obi wan Liberali I think I can accurately place some political parties on my 2 dimensional political [...]

]]> By: David http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2008/political-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-6983 David Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:18:15 +0000 http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/political-spectrum/#comment-6983 That might explain why, despite our differences, I really like your perspectives. You are approaching the Libertarian position from the direction of "planned economy" (to use the labels on my graph or Big Government in the vernacular) and I am approaching it from "collective order" (Authoritarian). Thanks to you I think I finally know where to place many of the well-known political labels. That might explain why, despite our differences, I really like your perspectives. You are approaching the Libertarian position from the direction of “planned economy” (to use the labels on my graph or Big Government in the vernacular) and I am approaching it from “collective order” (Authoritarian). Thanks to you I think I finally know where to place many of the well-known political labels.

]]> By: Obi wan liberali http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/2008/political-spectrum/comment-page-1/#comment-6982 Obi wan liberali Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:04:43 +0000 http://pursuit-of-liberty.davidjmiller.org/political-spectrum/#comment-6982 John Dean in his book, "Conservatives Without Conscience" goes through some of the analysis you just did in trying to understand the currents of modern conservatism. His conclusion was that conservatism has drifted dangerously towards the authoritarian side of the spectrum. The libertarian aspects of historical conservatism seems to be creating alot of cognitive dissonance among conservatives and I would conclude, that defining someone as a "conservative" is not as helpful as it once was. Obviously, I lean heavily towards the libertarian side on most social issues and even as a "liberal" believe in a robust private sector. In my past writings, I've tried to define and take on authoritarianism because I believe it is the greatest threat to our Republic right now. However, that also pits me against most religious paradigms because they are by nature authoritarian. When anyone defines truth by what someone person of authority says, rather than the weight of the evidence, that is an authoritarian outlook. John Dean in his book, “Conservatives Without Conscience” goes through some of the analysis you just did in trying to understand the currents of modern conservatism. His conclusion was that conservatism has drifted dangerously towards the authoritarian side of the spectrum. The libertarian aspects of historical conservatism seems to be creating alot of cognitive dissonance among conservatives and I would conclude, that defining someone as a “conservative” is not as helpful as it once was.

Obviously, I lean heavily towards the libertarian side on most social issues and even as a “liberal” believe in a robust private sector. In my past writings, I’ve tried to define and take on authoritarianism because I believe it is the greatest threat to our Republic right now. However, that also pits me against most religious paradigms because they are by nature authoritarian. When anyone defines truth by what someone person of authority says, rather than the weight of the evidence, that is an authoritarian outlook.

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