Thread: Why is dreamviews more liberal than society at large?

First of all, DV is only a little bit to the left of "Society at large" as it refers to the world. For the US, views here may seem a bit extreme, but not all users are from the US.
Second, why does it matter? I'm the biggest Reagan-touting liberal-bashing bible-banging conservative for miles around here in NJ, but as per my beliefs, I'm fine with people having other beliefs. After all, we're here to LD, and whether you'd like to meet Benjamin Franklin or Karl Marx shouldn't matter.

Originally Posted by Neoquestmoo

After all, we're here to LD, and whether you'd like to meet Benjamin Franklin or Karl Marx shouldn't matter.

If any of the Founding Fathers could be associated with modern-day US conservatism (really, the closest analogues at that time were the crown loyalists), Ben Franklin is probably not the best choice. Nor, really, does US liberalism much resemble Marx's ideas, with union influence waning and the liberal movement falling almost entirely into the hands of the middle class. If anything, Marx would probably champion libertarianism, to shift more of the middle class into the ranks of the working poor and hasten revolution.

Regardless, I've met more than enough passionately earnest coffee-shop revolutionaries; this liberal, for one, would rather meet Ben Franklin.

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Originally Posted by cmind

Wow, I'm speechless. Truly. Perhaps you should actually know even slightest bit of 1970s US history before you speak. Just a thought.

Cheap gas =/= freedom