I was thinking about this a lot last night it it really wouldn't take much
to make me a conservative Mamaw
I know like the liberals and progressives they listen to the show
early wat r lucerne all
noble.com now it's where I me and then hopefully somebody will agree with me
we'll see
but I think conservatism
is a rational when a society already makes sense
is here I'm saying so there are all types of
possible definitions of conservatism but you know there's one that's
in bracing traditional values that's one way to define conservatism
or in favor of smaller government that's another way to define it
bum specifically talking about the definition
bad is more or less hate chill
let's not change anything or
let's not change much now progressive would mean hey we're favor progress one
favor changing things to make them better
right at whereas again conservatism could be
let's calm down list don't change anything you're at least don't change
much
is probably a better way of putting it and if you go by that definition
it really wouldn't take much for me to be conservative so what do I mean by
that
well I always mentioned you guys that if we were talking about international
politics
if you're talking about Western Europe for example within the context of
bear on probably a moderate
a centrist I might even just flat-out vote for the Conservative Party's if I
lived in Denmark earth island in Norway Iceland or Sweden
in France and Britain are probably vote for whatever centrist party or
probably like the Social Democrat Party but don't place
places have like you know a lot a new Communist Party just flat-out socialist
parties I wouldn't go all the way left the probably go
center left in those places and right-wing in other places depending on
which
show place we're talking about which country we're talking about and the
reason why I say
that it wouldn't take much for conservatism to be rational because
after you set up a system that already makes sense you shouldn't change it
right and that's all true by definition if you have something out there already
make sense why would you mess with a while you try to change it at all
and in that respect I think I'm a lot more to the right
on the political spectrum been a lot of progressives
so for example people who like buy into that Zeitgeist Movement thing where they
saying
they like actually want a communal society they want like a post-industrial
society
wears like no Ceres a week on a share everything it's almost the abolition a
private property
you have people like Noam Chomsky who I read
a whole bunch different Chomsky boxes ones on foreign policy are also my green
with Hunter percent when he gets into
like system that can replace I'll what we have in the world are you can always
amis
what's called I wanna get to want me but one of them is an Arco symbolism
it's kinda like a it's kinda like a %uh
non statist form of socialism where
everything is community-owned in you know it's just
I don't agree with those people and the reason why don't agree with them is
because
I actually think capitalism you need to a certain extent
I think that in some areas capitalism makes perfect sense
again if you're talking about me making couches
I don't want the government to make a couch it would shock if you're talking
about making sneakers
or basketball jerseys or lamps for TV's The Goring can't do it I mean look at
the
cars that came outta Soviet Russia they were horrible they were laughable
what I get there is no competition to make it better but doesn't mean that
every
at area competition is good we know it doesn't work in many areas
and this is where my left-wing side comes in rice a walk something you need
to be nationalized
so you need to have it but health insurance system in health care system
can be private
that's insane you can have a for-profit system where the motive is
health insurance companies deny people care even though they've been paying
premiums for ever
the night people care so you can make extra money big issue have a fiduciary
responsibility or shareholders to do that
that's a perverse incentive you have to have %uh
the prison system that has to be government that has to be
because you can set up a perverse incentive for people to make profit a
lot more people up
commander gonna want a lot more people opting for bullshit reasons
the military as to be public infrastructure as a Republican this all
has to be government
I you know I'm and to the left give it the United States because I think
education should be fully public
I think it's horrible habit up for profit that's a perverse incentive to
become like a scam at that point
even daycare day care should be something that public biggest
you know one you know your citizens scrambling to just have their kid taking
care what they're trying to make a god damn living that's crazy
arm and there are other things I mean we could talk about possible you know
nationalizing
oil and energy sources because of course that's
it comes out on the ground which is Orlando public land but Exxon Mobil in
the US just weeks it up into your hour we'll take this
and will make all the money from it you know that was in our land body what do
you mean why are you making
so there are a lot of things where you should nationalizing it should be
government and there's a lot areas where should be capitalist
and in that respect this is why I say conservatism would make sense if you
live in a society the universal health care universal education universal
daycare
many universal insurance you know things like that where
you don't have but communism or pure socialism
or some sort of abolished private property system
I actually I'm kinda consumer cemetery was in many ways
I wonder what I completely but that the
the goal is to create a society where the right things
our government and the right things are in the private sector
and everything should be fine for mayor and in that context
I wanna be a conservative and I would say hey if you want to change the system
you're kinda crazy
because when we got here is a good deal and again that's where guests equality
of opportunity verses equality a result
unfavorably quality opportunity so you get the same
but you know starting position and the same chance as
anybody else then if you don't make much much a bit because you don't want to
okay it is what it is sorry buddy you're not gonna make the same amount of money
as somebody invested Rs
so I I'm curious I don't know how many people agree with me on this I know
there's a lot of listeners in the show
who are probably to let me on many issues
so all seem em