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In reply to the discussion: Twas a time when people wondered how an advanced nation like Germany allowed Hitler to become ruler [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)Sometimes I think American politics can fit into three buckets. 1) Those who think that Justice might be swell but don't trust bleeding heart liberals not to kill the goose that lays the golden egg by destroying the vitality and subsequent fruits of "the free market" in misguided pursuits of said justice. 2) Those who think liberty, innovation, competition and entrepreneurship are just fine, but don't trust that an insufficiently regulated "free market" powered by "the profit motive" won't inevitably be corrupted by greed and the unbridled concentration of economic power to benefit the few at the expense of the many, and 3) Those who are motivated to game any system or set of professed values to benefit themselves and those they feel some kinship with, let all else be damned.
We can coexist with conservatives who fall into bucket one, there are even times when they have a legitimate point. Nowadays more self professed "conservatives" however can be found in bucket three.