I think, and perhaps Rus will concur, that any philosophical system is incompatible with Orthodox Christianity. Even monarchy to some degree. We DO need government, but not to the extent liberals want it! We DO need private sector, but NOT to the extent conservatives need it. We do need a certain degree of a libertarian angle, but not as much as libertarians would like.
Take me for example. My dad had $600,000 invested in the stock market after having been forced retired and rolling his stock from his company into private sector accounts. The company, AG Edwards, that managed my dad's money lost it! They mismanaged my dad's dough so badly that he lost $400,000 in a matter of just a few months! Needless to say, a class action lawsuit by a group of the retirees ensued. As my dad got pummeled, he was SAVED financially by Social Security. I mean SAVED. If Republicans had gotten their way back in the New Deal era, my dad would be broke and borderline homeless. Many Republicans believe social security is a ponzi scheme, big government crookedness, etc. It was my dad's lifeline $$$-wise.
But in my state, California, government is bankrupting us. The pension system is out of control. I personally am going to be a beneficiary of the pension system, but despite that, I admit it needs drastic reform and it's unacceptable how the state is thrashing people with taxes for this at such a rate.
The liberals are great on the environment, pensions, social services, animal rights, protecting the worker, etc. But they're awful when it comes to trying to strip us of our 2nd amendment rights, taxing businesses until they're suffocating, and spreading the vile moral decay of the LGBT fascists and abortion, euthanasia, etc.
The Republicans love war. They crave it. They're positively entrenched in the military-industrial complex. They thrive off war and mayhem. They're also corporate goons and they love big business far more than the little guy at the small business level.
So really I like to think about movies to imagine the parties. Anybody remember the movie "Alien"? Anyone? Well, the premise is fascinating. You take a giant spaceship. You pay a small crew to go far into the edge of the galaxy to a planet rich in mineral ore. The miners on the planet load the ore into your ship. You carry it back to Earth. It's a super long haul that takes literally over a year to travel, so you have to sleep during the return trip. You get a decent paycheck upon return. But what you don't expect is the ship is detoured to a mysterious planet by the ship's computer. The crew is told to go down to the planet and help the people on the surface since there is a distress call. It's absolutely required. What ensues is a crewman is afflicted with an alien parasite that gets into his chest and the alien comes aboard and wrecks total hell on everyone...one slaughter after another. We find out that the alien was WANTED by the company that sent the ship there! They intended for a crewman to get infected and die, and they want the alien as a bio-weapon for pure profit on Earth. $$$$$$$$$$$.
THAT IS THE REPUBLICANS. Profit comes first. Death is just an unfortunate side effect of profit margins. Worker is expendable.
When you watch "The Goonies," those TOTAL JERK real estate scumbags trying to take away all the homes of the Goonies' parents, kicking them out on the streets so they can build a rich man's racket club there, THOSE ARE REPUBLICANS!
Or take a movie like Erin Brockovich....PG&E are obviously the Republican scumbags in that flick!
If an insurance company is trying to not cover someone or worm out and let someone die, it's pretty Republican.
The government wanting to register mutants in the X-MEN and you have the GOP
The dirtbags in "Jaws" who know there is a great white killer shark in the waters, but want to keep the beach open for business anyway? Republicans!
Then let's take the Democrats!
Basically any movie you can think of where the government spies on people, there is communism, or societal degenerates, and you have liberals.
American Pie--liberals
Ed Wood--cross-dressing film director---liberal LOL
The entire Federation of Star Fleet in Star Trek
All the police chiefs and powers-that-be in the Dirty Harry movies who try to stop Harry from doing anything to catch cold-blooded killers
The morons in the Road Warrior who are willing to give up their oil refinery and gas trusting the Humungous hordes will give them safe passage into the waste land!
All the horny camp counselors of the Friday the 13th flicks
The government jerks in E.T. that wanted to capture the poor alien
The crazy mystic lady in Poltergeist
All the big government conspirators in all X-Files shows and flicks
Any and everyone even loosely related to "The Crying Game"
The E.P.A. jerk, "Peck" in Ghostbusters who wanted to shut down their reactor
All the liberal morons in "Red Dawn"
Any corrupt trial lawyer you've ever seen in any movie ever
All of the characters from Fifty Shades of Grey
Honestly, if you look at liberals and conservatives, they're pretty bizarre. Normalcy, balance, equilibrium, peace, truth lay somewhere in the middle. Hudge and Pudge, right, Rus?
In the end the Fed, the petrodollar, international bankers all run the country. The illusion is thinking our votes matter anyway!
There are different types of libertarianism. Right wing libertarianism is Ayn Randism. Left wing is a whole other kettle of fish.
