As an American libertarian, I have been wondering for a long time. The very words "liberal" and "conservative" seem to be entirely devoid of meaning, and yet th

As an American libertarian, I have been wondering for a long time. The very words "liberal" and "conservative" seem to be entirely devoid of meaning, and yet they are pervasively used as the main descriptive terms for political ideology here. Each of the two major parties considers itself to be one of the other, and seems to base its entire ideology on it. From my perspective, it's utterly nonsensical.