Liberalism has always been about the same things. People, facts and environmental stewardship. The quest is always to find the social equilibrium that makes them all work together. Conservatism essentially has always been about one thing with little or no regard for anything else. That would be to keep the “haves” in place. Whether that be the wealthy, A Religion or the forces in society that can keep them in their place, like armies and security forces or a political apparatus.
Intellectual development is typically not a conservative trait as it is seen as always being a threat to their mission of “keeping the Haves in place”. Some say that “facts have a liberal bias”. This is far more than just a saying. It should be no surprise given the differences between Conservatives and Progressives. Take for example, global climate change; the evidence that it is occurring and becoming dangerous to us is based on solid science, but to believe that this is so, one's view of science cannot be that it is something you either 'believe' in or not, but that it is a description of the physical world based on that which can be objectively quantified, or as educated people call it; truth. Some ignorant people might call it indoctrination,
It saddens me to listen to political discourse today in the Republican Primaries. These candidates are all talking dribble and trying to obtain the votes of the most ignorant, uneducated, and the most indoctrinated among us. I cannot believe that we are even discussing birth control or labor laws for our children let alone basic health care for our sick while at the same time turning a blind eye at the tax rate and loop holes for the haves. UN frigging believable.
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