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Originally posted by CaptainCrunch@Aug 16 2004, 08:18 AM
Liberal's have a theoretical concept of how the world works and how people would react, and that would be a good explanation as to why lefties believe that every solution can be negotiated, people want more social programs no matter what the cost, and the World Court and the UN should have authority over everything international.
Conservatives understand how the world works on a realistic term. That some people can't be negotiated with, sometimes might needs to be used. That the economy would work better if social programs were reduced and more money was placed into the individual pockets, that your friends when given the opportunity to screw you will screw you hard, action speaks louder than words, and the UN and World Courts are useless and corrupt.
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Oh please
First of all, you've taken a far liberal approach as the typical leftist, and compared it to a centrist conservative approach as the typical right.
Every solution can be negotiated vs.
sometimes might needs to be used??? And how can you support stating that liberal economic policies are unrealistic and tending to screw a society when both Canada and the US have had much greater prosperity under recent liberal governments than conservative governments? Unless of course you want to compare extreme liberal policies to centrist conservative policies just to support your side again.
Contrary to what seems to be the general sentiment around here, as people leave university they don't move right because it is the more
realistic ideaology. Centrist liberal views are just as
realistic as centrist conservative, and extreme conservative views are just as
unrealistic as extreme liberal. IMO, the reason some people shift is because they become more self-focused; they become less concerned with the well being of the world and society and more concerned with themselves and their family; making sure children they'll never meet have health care loses importance to having money to put their kid through university.
Neither view is more
right, neither is more
realistic, just different priorities.