Re: CONFESSIONS OF A CHEERFUL LIBERTARIAN By David Brin

From: Nicq MacDonald (namacdonald@stthomas.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 16:43:44 MST


> The possibility of a "christian moral revolution" in the US is very real.
> Fundamentalists are 30-40% of the population, growing, a majority in
> some areas, and could reasonably take control of the national
> government, as they largely control the Republicans. It's happened
> twice before in the US. A "hindu moral revolution" has basically
> taken over India recently. A libertarian moral revolution is IMO
> also quite possible but it's far from realization, unlike these
> religious ones.

This same phenomenon is occuring in Israel, as the fundamentalist Jewish
population is growing at a rate outstripping that of the more liberal, urban
jews at a rate of almost 6:1.

-Nicq MacDonald



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