Talk:Republitarianism

How do Republitarians differ from Conservatives? I didn't see any mention in the entry.

Republitarianism is basically a subset of conservatism as are neoconservatism, paleoconservatism, and compassionate conservatism, among others.

Most American conservatives (neo-cons, paleo-cons, etc.) support strong border and immigration controls from the government. Republitarians are for free (or at least freer) immigration. Many American conservatives support at least some government regulation or restriction of trade. Republitarians believe in the elimination of all tariffs on trade and would like to see nearly all government interventions in the marketplace ended. Basically, Republitarians are much more economically libertarian than most American conservatives. Most American conservatives are very concerned about the role of religion in government. Republitarians don't really care.

With all this dicussion of what Republitarians believe, I'm left wondering how we know? Are there are books, articles, etc? And who, besides Elder, uses this term? This article needs more facts and sources. Cheers, -Willmcw 20:35, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

Who else uses this term? Former MTV VJ, Kennedy, for one: "I consider myself a Republitarian. A little bit Republican and a little bit Libertarian." [1] -- TexasDawg 22:56, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

The phrase "secular absolutists like many American Liberals and Libertarians" seems a little bit POVish. What is it supposed to mean? Are you using it just to refer to wanting a wall between church and state, or is there something more you're implying by it?

Good point. Edited to something less POVish. 66.108.14.58 2 July 2005 19:39 (UTC)

Merge with Neolibertarianism?

As the article is currently written, there is no difference between republitarianism and neolibertarianism. It looks to me like this article, as it uses an obscure term for the same concept, should be redirected to neolibertarianism. Hogeye 23:46, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree, and wanted to do it myself but didn't have time. Thanks for starting on this, I really like the changes you've made here and on neolibertarianism so far, and it's definitely a good idea to merge the two at neolibertarianism. Let me know if there's anything you need me to do, and thanks again! --Daniel11 02:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

OK, all the content has been merged into Neolibertarianism, I'm going to go ahead and redirect this to there. If anyone objects, undo my last edit here and bring it up on the discussion page. --Daniel11 22:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)