Everyone is Left-wing
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- kelpie0
really? fuck
- TheBlueOne0
Kona..you and I are suprisingly close:
- k0na_an0k0
TheBlueOne, I am Tomax, you are Xamot.
COBRA!
- TheBlueOne0
Haha...
- ********0
I can't undertand why anyone would be a conservative. Actually I can. People like familiarity. The very concept of conservatism is to 'conserve' ie keep things the same.
The very idea that a political party would not want to change as the world changes around them worries me slightly. As the Buddah said:
"Nothing remains without change."
Baskerville
(Feb 13 07, 02:37)Thats not strictly true. The term Conservatism derives from the Latin, conserv?re, to conserve; "to keep, guard, observe".
Not to 'avoid change' as you like to frame it.
As you have shown, It also means different things to different people, hence the difference in falvours aross the world and within epoch, 'Thatcherism' being one I am sure you're familiar with
- pascii0
as long as everyone is able to think....
- TheBlueOne0
If you got the time, a great read:
http://www.davidbrin.com/realcul…
A bit dated at first, but he gets to the meat a few sections in...
- lemmys_wart0
...also interesting that hugo chavez and bush '43 were elected after traumatic events to thier respective nations.
fear can bring conservative strong men to power.
- lemmys_wart0
and liberals?
WAY more fun.
" Most people are surprised to learn that there are real, stable differences in personality between conservatives and liberals—not just different views or values, but underlying differences in temperament. Psychologists John Jost of New York University, Dana Carney of Harvard, and Sam Gosling of the University of Texas have demonstrated that conservatives and liberals boast markedly different home and office decor. Liberals are messier than conservatives, their rooms have more clutter and more color, and they tend to have more travel documents, maps of other countries, and flags from around the world. Conservatives are neater, and their rooms are cleaner, better organized, more brightly lit, and more conventional. Liberals have more books, and their books cover a greater variety of topics. And that's just a start. Multiple studies find that liberals are more optimistic. Conservatives are more likely to be religious. Liberals are more likely to like classical music and jazz, conservatives, country music. Liberals are more likely to enjoy abstract art. Conservative men are more likely than liberal men to prefer conventional forms of entertainment like TV and talk radio. Liberal men like romantic comedies more than conservative men. Liberal women are more likely than conservative women to enjoy books, poetry, writing in a diary, acting, and playing musical instruments "
- TheBlueOne0
fear can bring conservative strong men to power.
lemmys_wart
(Feb 13 07, 08:04)Yeah, the Great Depression created FDR and Hitler. Think about it...
- -sputnik-0
i think more libertarians would more easily associate themselves w/the democratic party if they didn't differ on gun control issues and taxation.
- Werd0
All of your comments are very interesting and thought-provoking. Please excuse me while I ponder them for a short while.
- lemmys_wart0
lemme give you the jist of it.
your an ideological faliure, and a c grade troll...
- komkrktprod0
I'm a 48% Politcally Radical Libertarian.
Now where do I check on the DMV form?
- Werd0
what duz troll mean?
- Jaline0
kelpie is probably The Flash. in disguise.
- lvl_130
i took a shit this morning.
i saved it.
i wiped it all over this thread.
- ********0
How conservative of your waste.
- Werd0
How conservative of your waste.
flavorful
(Feb 13 07, 19:17)ha HA!
- lemmys_wart0
lol @ left and right wing...
see, the french aristocracy sat on the right of the king (traditionally the seat of honor) and the commoners sat on the left.
that's where our political dichotomy comes from and it seems really fucking outdated.