I still largely identify as a libertarian. That's what I would say if I had to describe my political stance in 5 seconds and copuldn't get into detail. My opinion differs on some issues. Nothing is ever clean cut. I'd lean minarchist on some things, but I acknowledge the importance of government intervention when it comes to food and drug quality (though I think the current FDA is busted and needs to be broken down) and a certain degree of law enforcement.
Putting ideals aside, I think both a well-formed, thought through libertarian, capitalist, or socialist society could work with some degree of success. My tendencies just lead me to prefer the libertarian side of things. America tries to do too many things, and in my opinion fails at doing most of them in a satisfying manner.
Camille Paglia. . .I guess it could be characterized as a love hate relationship, but it's far more of a love thing. Her ideas are usually well-formed, but we have some basic philosophical differences; for example, I love the French post-structuralist, while she's not a fan at all. As a matter of fact, I probably disagree with her on more things than I agree, though we both have particularly fluid political stances that can track between two extremes; an acknowledgement that there's not only one logical politcal way to think, just personal preferences, really. There could be an insane libertarian, but a totally rational conservative, and in such a choice, I'd side with rationality over personal preference, and for most things so would Paglia. I guess I love her because she's one of the last of the old school intellectuals. Oddly enough, most of the ones that are still around are particularly polarizing. See also her buddy, Harold Bloom.
So yes, I'm a fan, oddly because I largely find disagreeing with her very agreeable.
