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I think you are more right than wrong, although it's obviously an intentional simplification. There are two subtleties that I think are interesting to point ou
by SquishyPanda23 8y ago
I think you are more right than wrong, although it's obviously an intentional simplification.
There are two subtleties that I think are interesting to point out.
One is that the left tends to argue more for things that increase market competition, such as busting up monopolies. I see the right arguing more frequently that anti-competitive practices are justified because limiting them impinges on the freedom of the monopolies.
The other is that portions of the libertarian right are less against governments than they are against the ability of a democracy to limit the power of the wealthy. This is why some classic libertarians like Hayek and Friedman supported right-wing dictatorships in non-US countries. Now obviously, they would say they believe this for a reason (market efficiencies, etc), but I think this is a pretty clear conflict of interest that can lead to motivated reasoning.