The problem is that the brakes supplied by conservatism are unmediated - they stop every new idea, good or bad.
And don’t forget the most important point of all. It is much easier to be a conservative than a progressive. Conservatives are dealing with a known entity, progressives not. And the majority of humans tend to be conservative by nature. It takes much more guts to be a progressive and venture “where no man has gone before.”
Sorry.Does that mean all progressive ideas are or have been correct? Absolutely not and many in retrospect were totally harebrained. No list here. But that does not mean all were bad as witnessed by our evolving nation and world. I too hope we have enough time to sort out our national mess before it is too late but that will require many very brave people willing to do what is right and difficult and not just what is politically expedient.
Oh stop with the fabrication that liberal ideas are much harder to think about than conservative ideas. Think about the quality of people we have in Congress and tell me how complex any idea is that they have to try to understand.
Look, both parties are are just a group of people with roughly the the same ideology. The left has a much more dificult problem to solve than the right because the left considers everything a minority group. By recognizing that chubby white gay men are a unique political ideology, they dilute the ultimate power of the center. Every left wing fring group is part of the Liberal wing of the Democratic Party, and good for you, but managing the expectations of those splinter groups must be a little like parliment in Italy. The Republicans have their own issues, but not nearly as many as the Dems, making it much easier to keep internal peace.
I can sum a liberal's new idea up right now, Throw money at it, if that doesn't work throw more money at it. HCR is a perfect example, in order to pass something a huge, all powerful law had to be created when in reality a couple of minor (in comparison) laws would have satisfied the majority of both houses. Neither party has had an original idea since the Constitution was ratified, they have just rehashed other people's ideas and put their names on them.
I admit, I do not believe in the liberal anything. I believe they have foisted a series of bad ideas and laws upon the American society and irreparably damaged the fabric of our country. But you guys argue the same thing about the right. All I can say for sure is that there are times in history when it is acceptable to introduce massive new spending programs into an economy and times when you shouldn't even whisper about doing it. This is one of those times that silence is golden.
