tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post4990921711169107341..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Tyrannies of past, present and futureSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-3072195965560266402017-02-07T14:59:14.532-05:002017-02-07T14:59:14.532-05:00Those people have abandoned liberalism in the clas...Those people have abandoned liberalism in the classical sense of the world. They tend to call themselves "progressive," but I'd understand if you disagree with that. They probably imagine themselves in a constant process of personal evolution, but they react in populist fashion -- that is, they get <i>reactionary</i> -- if someone from a different vantage point dares suggest that they need to change.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-27920996934981543732017-02-07T13:02:17.521-05:002017-02-07T13:02:17.521-05:00"...assume that liberalism is the opposite of..."...assume that liberalism is the opposite of ideology understood to mean "My way or else!""<br /><br />Well someone needs to explain that to the leftists who refuse to debate, but rather demand their "safe spaces" wherein they don't have to be exposed to ideas they don't like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-37947788864193017092017-02-06T19:16:53.582-05:002017-02-06T19:16:53.582-05:00Most liberals probably don't think they have a...Most liberals probably don't think they have an ideology, or assume that liberalism is the opposite of ideology understood to mean "My way or else!" But if ideology means something more like "We can never do <i>x;</i> under no circumstances can <i>x</i> be allowed to happen," then liberalism obviously is as rigid an ideology as any other.<br /><br />Another threefold distinction might go this way: conservatism assumes that we have all the answers; progressivism assumes we don't have them all now but will get the rest eventually; liberalism doubts that we can ever have all the answers and should curb our pretensions accordingly.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-10020765264115788962017-02-06T15:07:07.943-05:002017-02-06T15:07:07.943-05:00The reason I always think of myself as more to the...The reason I always think of myself as more to the left is that conservatism seems to have this idea that, at some time in the past, everything was "golden" and that is where we should stay. Unfortunately, the way of the universe is ever changing. Even if everyone wanted to stay, say, in the 1950s, it simply is not possible. Other nations don't stay there and we have to deal with other nations. But even if we could somehow wall ourselves off from all other forces, we still cannot simply stop time. <br /><br />I suppose I should think of myself more as "progressive" than "liberal" in that sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-22551703783108026502017-02-03T16:55:32.687-05:002017-02-03T16:55:32.687-05:00Ideology of any sort is stupid. It assumes "...Ideology of any sort is stupid. It assumes "we have the one-size fits all answer for all time." Ideologies are rarely adaptive, so speaking in terms of cultural evolution, are NOT "survival" traits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com