I was wondering if the majority of Wall Street/ the financial world is generally more libertarian, or is it just WSO???
Reason I ask, is that starting a chapter of the Young Libertarians in college would be another way to connect with Alumni/ other Wall Street members. Although at the same time, it could be seen as a negative if the recruiter held a different political stance. Do you guys feel it is a good idea to bring politics into recruiting/networking or not??
Horrible, Horrible idea
Leadership experience is leadership experience. Although, there's probably a better way to do it than start a Young Libertarians chapter... really, almost anything.
anyone who is tired of having his efforts averaged with the lazy and the stupid will become a libertarian eventually. this is as true in grade school as when you are a taxpayer.
As for the club: If it's something that interests you, then go for it. Just leave it off your CV. Politics in the work environment doesn't usually lead to anything good. One of these days I'm going to need blood pressure medicine thanks to the assholes on Capitol Hill.
I'm sure there are libertarians all over Wall Street, but I highly doubt it's anywhere near a majority.
Do you really want to sink the time into starting a Libertarian Club at your school? You could be using that time to prepare for interviews, cold call financiers, or study your coursework. If that's the opportunity cost of making a Libertarian Club, and you're starting the club simply to better yourself in the financial industry...well, don't bother. There are valid reasons to start such a club, but they have nothing to do with becoming a banker.
In terms of the political attitudes of bankers and other financiers, I would guess that the majority are just flat-out conservative. I'd like to note that this is a complete speculation, but considering the background and upbringing of a lot of bankers, it wouldn't surprise me.
There are a large number of limousine liberals on Wall Street, however there are many libertarians as well, Thiel and Vic Niederhoffer come to mind, the former head of BB&T is.
Ahh I see, i just wanted to get some WSO feedback, i dont think ill be doing it now, will look for other leadership oppurtunities :D
Are you most of you on here Libertarians? (Originally Posted: 10/06/2013)
socially liberal, fiscally conservative? is this also the norm on Wall St. and in the IB industry? the ones that would never consider living in the south but also hate the liberalism in big urban cities?
I'm Libertarian-ish. I think that a lot of government spending is completely unnecessary - military budget, much? - but that some of it makes a lot of sense, like spending on public education and health. Hmmm. Actually, maybe the only thing standing in between me and being a lefty is that I'm strongly in favour of the free market and cutting out as much regulation as possible.
I'm also very much on the liberal end of things when it comes to social policy. What the fuck business is it of yours if I want to give another guy a good ole rodgering, right up the bum? I mean, goddamn, guys. I'm all for government intervention when it's justified, but this is just garbage.
I simply like being able to do as I choose, wherever possible or worthwhile. I don't think that state of mind requires a formal descriptor. I also make a distinction between freedom and independance.
Libertarians want less gov't overall (example: no gun laws, lower taxes), and liberals want more gov't when it will result in net improvement (example: the police+fire depts). That's the core of each state of mind. That said, in reality, neither group is perfect, and the both groups as a whole are presided over by retards. So, I don't much feel the need to join a faction, I'm not a "joiner". I just side with whoever is doing a better....or less crappy....job at any given time. If dismantling an agency will make life better, then do it. If building an agency will improve things, then do it. Do what works. I'm not sure why people turn it into rocket science.
I don't value the abstract freedom as much as I definitely believe in independence....one implies a level of responsibility and power over one's fate, while the other is vague. Philisophically, freedom is important, but freedom can not come at the expense of other people's freedom, and things cost money in the real world. I guess independence is the real world applied freedome that takes into consideration the constraints of reality. Taxes, corruption, gov't, money, and power are part of life, and as long as they mostly do something useful without ripping me off too bad, it's kind of pointless to kvetch too much about it. They'll always be there. Even the Beatles wrote about the 'Tax Man'. Nature abhors a power vaccuum, and as much as it's nice to think that dismantling the gov't would solve everything, you have to consider that what would take its place may be far worse in many cases. Overbuilding the gov't is also pointless, for obvious reasons.
That said, I'll do whatever the hell I want as much as possible
I'm a hardcore Libertarian.
If only America had elected Ron Paul...
Libertarian. I wouldn't mind living in a city like Houston, but I don't think that's what you mean when you say "deep South". I pretty much became immune to all the liberal assholes in college where literally everyone was preaching the typical "gender equality", "corporate greed" bullshit soapbox rhetoric. I wouldn't say I'm socially liberal, but I also don't think the government should be giving any fucks about who marries who.
I'm bigger on state's rights than I am the Libertarian thing. If California wants to roll hardcore left-wing, cool. If Texas wants to have zero gun control, cool. I'm sick and tired of people trying to impose their bullshit on others. You want universal health care? Fight to get it in your state or move to one that has it. Same with gun control.
I'm pretty much with you on federalism. If Maryland wants universal health care then let them design and pay for a system. Let Virginia be free to design--or not--its system. Let the people speak with their feet. In almost every case, citizens have been fleeing New York, California and Illinois where strident leftism is slowly ruining those states. So I'm not worried about a battle of ideas.
I'm pretty much a straight conservative down the line on social and fiscal policy. I was following the Virginia gubernatorial election and was reading the Libertarian candidate's website--the guy sides with conservatives on at least 85% of issues. It's a shame that Libertarians don't work to make the GOP better on that 85% rather than writing off the party entirely and trying to run on a separate ticket.
There is one domestic issue nationally that makes Libertarian thought irreconcilable with my philosophy, and that's their support of open borders. I don't believe it's mathematically practical to have open borders in a welfare state. On state issues, I find their position against the death penalty and for legalization of heroine and cocaine to be irreconcilable with my worldview.
At the end of the day, I would take a Libertarian all day over a Democrat at the state level; however, on the national level/presidential level, I would lean toward the Democrat since I think Libertarian foreign policy is extremely dangerous. I fall in between neo-conservatism and libertarianism on foreign policy. I think both the Libertarian (Ron Paul) and neo-conservative (George W. Bush) foreign policy worldviews are incredibly dangerous.
Libertarian.
Only political philosophy that is actually congruent with the way most people live their lives.
A lot of people who call themselves Libertarians really aren't. Libertarianism doesn't have a spectrum.
I often just call myself an independent who's socially liberal and fiscally conservative though. Don't like labels... too much commitment.
Once this generation of Republicans dies off, do you guys see Libertarians and Republicans meshing? They're divided on fewer issues than ever.
That's just false. That's like saying Democrats don't have a spectrum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism
And yes, I do see them meshing to an extent. They'll never completely mesh though.
A lot of Ron Paul dudes here. Whodathunk?
I fail to see why people should fit their opinion of a policy within some silly ideological framework. If it's a good idea, just do it. Our founding fathers wanted nothing more than Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness and were completely utilitarian about how to accomplish those goals.
Where all these "isms" came from is irrelevant
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