XPost: alt.history.future   
   From: dsgood@iphouse.com   
      
   Note:  I'm discussing US politics because that's what I know best.  If   
   you're in another country, go ahead and discuss that country's   
   political future.  Or discuss another country's political future, but   
   be aware that your knowledge is almost certainly extremely limited.   
      
   (If you're a citizen and resident of another country and are certain   
   you understand US politics, answer this question without looking it up:   
   What party controls the upper house of the Nebraska legislature?)   
      
   First, some basic assumptions:   
      
   There are no eternal conservative economic principles.  Neither are   
   there eternal liberal economic principles.   
      
   While there may be eternal social principles, much of what's considered   
   eternal is not.  Currently, US conservatives are likely to support an   
   individual right to bear arms; and US liberals are likely to favor   
   strict gun control.  Twentyfive years from now, that might be reversed.   
   I would be surprised if that happened so quickly -- but fifty years   
   from now wouldn't surprise me.   
      
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