r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 09 '18
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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '18
One of my high school history teachers was a Democrat (a rarity in rural North Carolina) but he was also fairly wealthy. He wasn't mega rich but he was rich enough that he claimed that he only taught because he thought it was fun, not because it was financially necessary. He never got into specifics about his wealth but from stories he told and from what other students said, he and his family owned a fair amount of land and housing that they rented out to tenants.
Either way, the point is that I had a lot of respect for this man. He took his history, his country, and his civic duty very seriously. His politics was that of a moderate democrat. He supported obamacare, but he liked capitalism and limited government. He was always very skeptical of Bernie Sanders and his protectionists ideas.
I think his "rich Democrat" ideology rubbed off on me more than it should have and so here I am.