This poll is directed to fellow leftists/liberals.
With social conservatism we are faced with culture wars, bigotry, racism, sexism, etc.
With economic conservatism (in the form of right-libertarianism) we have growing wage gaps, less worker bargaining power as unions are destroyed, and a worsening of the climate crisis.
Personally, I have to go with economic conservatism being worse, but curious what others think.
In the year 2022, both are incompatible with the era, the history leading up to it, and in consideration of the facts.
Economic conservatism is probably the more extreme of the two, especially because in the example of libertarianism, no consideration
seems to be given to the most influential promoters of it, the Koch brothers, one surviving along with the widow of the other, are
the 20th wealthiest individuals in the U.S. and widow Koch is the wealthiest female in New York.
I would think any practical turn toward a government restructuring favoring libertarian principles would require a revamp somewhere
between starting from scratch as far as individual household wealth and connections... political, lobbying, legal, think tanks, MSM ownership,
board seats, foundations, so as to avoid the heaviest promoters of libertarianism achieving what their messaging has been about since Fred Koch of 75 years ago, concentration of wealth, the influence it buys, and elimination of many regulations that are to the benefit of the
least wealthy and powerful.
How does being a medicare recipient square with a conservative economic orientation, especially with G.O.P. diversion to wedge issues
to avoid any discussion of taxing wealthiest G.O.P. donors required to meet government's obligation to fiscally stabilize medicare, ssdi.
and SS retirement further than the coming fiscal year?
Social conservatism seems centered on exacting revenge on least wealthy fornicators, especially on females and generally on unmarried poorer people and on same sex relationships. It is not 1955, anymore. Mercifully, time will tend to weed out the most vociferous reactionaries behind this new puritanism!
We don't know where we're going until we examine where we are and where we've been. This proposal is 46 years old.
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Our economy is at a crucial turning point. The problems of skyrocketing energy and food costs and the inability of the free market to function effectively have led me to conclude that recent policy failures are the result of an outdated view of the American economy.
Therefore, I am proposing the establishment of a Temporary National Economic Committee -- similar to the Committee established by President Roosevelt in 1938 -- to publicly investigate the concentration of economic power in America today.
If economic power is too heavily concentrated in the hands of a few, then we need stronger anti-trust action.
I want the free enterprise system to work."
Republicans defunded the last inquiry and sealed the records of the congressional investigation. Open those records
and use them as a blue print for leads in a new inquiry as proposed 46 years ago!
Records of the Temporary National Economic Committee ...
https://www.archives.gov › guide-fed-records › groups
Records of the Temporary National Economic Committee [
TNEC] ... 645 cu. ft. Overview of
Records Locations. Table of Contents. 144.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY; 144.2 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Temporary_National_...
"...established by a joint resolution of the United States Congress on June 16, 1938 and
operated until its defunding on April 3, 1941....
Many
records of the
TNEC are still under seal according to the US National Archives: As specified by the SEC, no one, except government officials for ...