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"I'm a Conservative" (2012)

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Posted by Films For Action on Dec. 14, 2012
30 min - Documentary - 3378 Views

We ask you this very simple question: Does the ideology of conservatism, and the concept of a healthy, progressive society, sit along the same societal paths? "I'm a Conservative" provides a detailed dissection of conservatism as a whole: what it does to our psychology, our social relations with each other and our economic infrastructure.

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