Quote:For example, W's claim to be a compassionate conservative.  He backed it up with an expansion of government.  And Romney was a right winger?  He seemed quite moderate to me.  Same with McCain.  

 

You're mistaking political leaning with governmental method.

 

All parties are by their nature authoritarian because that's what government is, authority.

 

You really need to make your choices on what you want authority to focus on, not whether you think there should be authority, because you don't have a choice there.

 

So you can vote left-wing which tries to make sure people get as even a start in life as possible and a safety net to allow people to take risks in life like starting a business.

 

Or you can vote right-wing which tries to make sure that if you're born on the bottom you stay there and if you dare to take a risk in life that doesn't work out welcome to poverty.

 

Basing your vote on the misguided idea that any party will relinquish their authority is idiocy, and even if they did abolish governmental authority all that would happen is another party would step in to assume the control of that power vacuum, and chances are it wouldn't be an improvement.

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