Zoomie1980
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- Jan 16, 2008
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Yes, I remember that POTUS.
He inspired many of my generation to become idealists.
Then Viet Nam happened and that inspired many of us to become cynics.
You know what a cynic is, don't you?
It's someone who was originally an idealist who got mugged by human nature.
It's why most idealistic liberal youth become angry cynics by 50. The basic tenets of modern liberalism run counter to basic human nature. In the end, most liberals grow weary and beaten down by the reality that we, as a species are not anywhere as evolved towards a natural selfless state that liberalism requires.
It is why conservatism will always eventually win the day in any social medium over time because it aligns itself so much better with fundamental human nature. that being basically Darwinism, the fact we are all created DIFFERENTLY and thus will have different outcomes even when given identical opportunities, and the primacy of the individual over the collective.
Liberalism is the ideal, Conservatism is the reality.