Four Ideologies: Populist, Libertarian, And Conservative

Here is a comparative look at the following four ideologies: populist, libertarian, conservative, and liberal. Starting with a brief overview of the varying political views toward economic and social regulations in each of the four groups. First the populist believes in both strong economic and social regulations, as opposed to the libertarian who believes in both weak economic and social regulation. Next the conservative believes in weak economic regulations and strong social regulations, while the liberal believes in strong economic regulations and weak social regulations. Now for a much closer look at the differing points of views toward these regulations. When it comes to economic regulations by the government, a populist would disagree …show more content…
A conservative would agree with the question that farm subsidies and other support for industries should be eliminated, but the liberal would disagree. A liberal would agree with the question that stricter environmental regulations should be enacted to prevent pollution created by corporations, but a conservative would disagree. When it comes to social regulations by the government, a populist would disagree with the question that all censorship regulations on swearing or public nudity should be lifted on commercial TV, but a libertarian would agree. A libertarian would disagree with the question that public schools should enact dress codes in order to encourage learning among the students, but a populist would agree. A conservative would disagree with the question that marijuana, cocaine and other recreational drugs should be made legal just like tobacco and alcohol, but a liberal would agree. A liberal would disagree with the question that alcohol and tobacco should be banned and their use be punished like marijuana, cocaine and other narcotics, but a conservative would