Does more history knowledge make you more conservative? Options

[Hartmann]

It's a pretty straightforward question.

My opinion is that it does in some way, as the liberal ideal is utopianism and an understanding of history makes it all the more clear that man is an imperfect thing and not able to be made perfect

Thoughts?

[Mommy]

haha i just remembered that Zach has a history degree i think. he's liberal

[impala454]

haha i just remembered that Zach has a history degree i think. he's liberal

Not intended as a knock on Zach at all, but a bachelor's history degree doesn't necessarily mean you're a history buff. I think the type he was talking about people who study it in their free time and it's like a hobby to them. Even that in mind though, I don't really think that particular type of person will think any certain way. If they're a conservative person they might use history to back them up, or if they're liberal they might think they can use it to avoid "repeating history".

And saying a conservative is different because of their views on gay marriage is getting old. One issue does not make an entire group of people's ideals up. Many conservatives' personal views are that gay marriage is wrong. It's hard to have two fundamental beliefs that are completely opposite.

Also IMHO Libertarians are the extreme in personal freedom. Nowadays it's almost bordering on anarchism.

Modern day conservatives in general may have a couple of issues, but still definitely hold true to personal freedom & small government.