Living in the United States, some people may forget how close our political perspectives are to those of foreign countries. While there are many opinions and political positions an individual might take on a given topic, generally people in the United States fall into one of three categories: liberal, conservative, and libertarian. Keep in mind that most people will not support all the ideals of the faction they support, but must support the vast majority of them. People who fall into the liberal category believe that the government should have the goal of equality by providing opportunities to its entire faction. people and that a strong central government is needed to maintain order because people are not inherently good. Furthermore, liberals are more willing to give up their rights for the good of the country than the other two groups mentioned. Under these general principles, liberals are directed to believe in economic equality (perhaps through means of progressive taxation), short- and long-term unemployment benefits, same-sex marriage, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and other acts similar to prevent terrorism. Conservatives support the general idea of ​​personal responsibility on life-related matters and believe that people are capable of managing their own lives as well as their own government. Regarding governmental functions, conservatives believe that the power of the federal government should be very limited and directed at protecting the rights of its citizens (in this they are very similar to libertarians). To delve deeper into individual ideas, one could say that one believes that abortion is very wrong as it goes against a fundamental right; the re...... middle of paper......heamericanconservative.com/articles/the-conservative-view-on-foreign-aid/>. Used specifically to gather information on what the title indicates: "The Conservative View on Foreign Aid" "The Differences Between Conservatives and Libertarians." Capitalism Institute The differences between conservatives and libertarians Comments. Np, nd Web. November 18, 2013. . Great first-person source to illustrate the differences between someone who holds conservative views and someone who holds libertarian views. The site is obviously biased, but in this case that's fine because they are expressing their opinion and that's why I came here in the first place."There is no title on this web page." Reasons to be against the death penalty. Np, nd Web. November 27. 2013. .