“I consider myself socially liberal, but I’m also fiscally conservative.”
If you’re between the ages of 15 and 25, chances are that when asking your friends about their political ideology, you’ve heard a variation of that response before. Whether in conservative-leaning suburbia or on famously liberal campuses like Penn’s, this ubiquitous line only seems to gain more and more traction as America’s college and high school students develop political views. To be fair, it should be noted that some liberals who claim to be “fiscally conservative” are in fact lemmings following the popular trend of this expression. Nevertheless, this ideological sensibility is becoming widespread. To this expanding crowd, I have a reply that might be met with chagrin:
“Congratulations on joining the Libertarian Party.”
This next American generation, so often considered extremely liberal, is actually far more libertarian than many of its members even realize. This generation is a generation of liberty, … Read the rest
