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Define me.
Define me.
== Up for Discussion ==
In the new United States, there were two primary parties: The Federalists (associated with Hamilton, Adams) and the Democratic-Republicans (associated with Jefferson). The Democratic-Republicans (I will refer to them as D-Rs) were what we may consider "liberals" in today's terms, and the Federalists were what we would often consider "conservatives."
The D-Rs:
*Supported weaker central government and stronger state governments - noted by Jefferson's general policy that any power not specified by the constitution should be denied to the Federal government.
*Supported freedoms of man
*Supported Slavery
*Against heavy Federal taxes
*Supported the Articles of Confederation (AoC) more strongly than the Federalists
It should be noted that the legacy of the D-Rs (the Democrats) were those who seceded the union, which resulted in the American Civil War.
The Federalists:
*Strong central government - noted by Hamilton's general policy that any power not specified by the constitution should be granted to the Federal government.
*Restricted some of the rights of man (Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Expression, etc) - noted by the Alien and Sedition acts
*Supported free-market
*For federal taxes
*Supported creation of the constitution over the AoC
Today, the left-wing Democratic party primarily:
*Supports heavier federal taxes
*Supports a stronger federal government
*is against slavery (noted by strong support for equality such as Affirmative Action)
*''is tied to the Atheist/Agnostic/less-strictly-religous population of the USA''
The remaining constant is the ideal of the rights of man above all.
Today, the right-wing Republican party primarily:
*Supports a central government which interferes little with the economy (Adam Smith's theories)
:*is against affirmative action and other government-legislated attempts to "force" equality
*Support lower taxes
*''is tied to the Christian population of the USA''
The remaining constant is the ideal of free-market capitalism.
First of all, please correct any incorrect claims I have made by discussing on my talk. Secondly, I'm looking to discuss what caused this change - near reversal - of ideals.
There is a section on my talk where this can be discussed.