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		fsckboy 65 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Big agriculture mislead the public about the benef... Cato Institute is big L Libertarian, not classic conservative

froh 65 days ago [–]

your point being "classic" (1920s? 1950s?) conservative is "not being big L libertarian"? Because in the other reading of classic, "typical" or "pike", big L libertarian is (1980s-2000s) peak "conservative".

is the Cato institute without the novel anti human rights anti environment spicing?

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