Very interesting. Yes, to disregarding the extremes on both sides. Yes, to humanism. Yes, to coexistence. Yes, to putting both the government and the market in check. I'm in.
Jeffery, a good article. But this needs some balance. You put Conservative ideology neatly into three categories, which is interesting. So what categories do you assign to Progressive/Leftist ideology? It would be interesting to have you write an article on that subject.
I would consider my personal political philosophy very closely aligned with what is being described here, though maybe a bit more libertarian in practice.
That said, of your 5 principles I have no real major issues with the last 4, but the first I would say there is a major element missing; federalism. I think public healthcare, jobs programs, and the welfare state in general don’t have a strong record of solvency and effectiveness at a federal level. It seems federalism is key to this idea, particularly on economic matters. There should be large freedom given to states to design and choose how they organize their economic and welfare systems. This experimentation and local control would produce a better understanding of what works and what does not work without the runaway spending and debt associated with the federal systems.
Very interesting. Yes, to disregarding the extremes on both sides. Yes, to humanism. Yes, to coexistence. Yes, to putting both the government and the market in check. I'm in.
Jeffery, a good article. But this needs some balance. You put Conservative ideology neatly into three categories, which is interesting. So what categories do you assign to Progressive/Leftist ideology? It would be interesting to have you write an article on that subject.
I would consider my personal political philosophy very closely aligned with what is being described here, though maybe a bit more libertarian in practice.
That said, of your 5 principles I have no real major issues with the last 4, but the first I would say there is a major element missing; federalism. I think public healthcare, jobs programs, and the welfare state in general don’t have a strong record of solvency and effectiveness at a federal level. It seems federalism is key to this idea, particularly on economic matters. There should be large freedom given to states to design and choose how they organize their economic and welfare systems. This experimentation and local control would produce a better understanding of what works and what does not work without the runaway spending and debt associated with the federal systems.