Baraka_Guru

It's my understanding that the movement replicates much of the spirit of Ron Paul. The more I think about it the more I see the movement as generally a libertarian movement. Of course, you get your variances depending on people who participate based on their own self-interests. You're going to get conservative libertarians, who have problems with taxation and any spending beyond military and infrastructure, and you're going to get some left-leaning libertarians, who simply want less federal bureaucracy and would rather more power be diffused though state and municipal governments.

I'm speculating at this point, but I'm trying to get a grasp on things.

I suppose you're not going to get anything agreeable on topics such as abortion, the environment, same-sex marriage, and the like, because you're going to have a mix of people on social political issues. Some will say they're anti-abortion and oppose same-sex marriage because they're generally conservative; however, you're going to get those who say the government shouldn't have anything to do with regulating these things and should keep their noses the fuck out of people's lives.

Most would probably oppose government spending on the environment unless it was in the form of tax breaks and credits for businesses who want to optionally participate in certain programs. I'm not entirely sure about that. Just a hunch.

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