Possibly. I have some issues that I’m fine with that are typically on republican side though. I like the idea of choice as long as it’s not at the expense of basic human rights. Smaller government is fine so long as it’s not just being replaced by larger corporations, etc.
—
Part of me likes the classic conservative (they’ve long since disappeared off the scene, alas, replaced by Rush Limbaugh conservatives) view of economics, although it sometimes can tend towards naivety in actually believing that it’s a rational system (its not), but with that caveat in place, much is generally agreeable.
—
I believe a state should be secular and staunchly defend religious freedoms simultaneously. I don’t have a problem with identity politics if it serves the needs of individuals and communities for a time. I don’t see anything magical about families or businesses as to me individual liberties are paramount while at the same time, the anti-communist focus of conservatism since the 40s always seemed strange and extreme to me : if I could combine the two Roosevelts into one I think it’d be a good thing, each in their own ways.
—-
I’m not anti-capitalist yet since corporations do not have any ethics beyond that which are foisted upon them by laws, lawsuits and regulations (profit has not ethics beyond itself), laws and regulations are required in a society to prevent human rights and environmental and monopolistic abuses that will occur given unchecked capitalism.
The current way businesses are valued in the stock market is wrong. Valuing based upon growth and earnings potential encourages fraud and deceit, making it difficult to ascribe a proper value of an investment.
The market is irrational and emotion-based, given to trendiness and fluctuations based on hysteria (news) rather than rational considerations.
====
[responsivevoice_button voice="US English Male"]