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March 15, 2010

America 'hearts' conservatism

Frank Fleming cuts right to the chase: "America hates patronizing dimwits who would spend their money and push them around, thus making liberalism very unpopular."

And that's why, as Fleming writes, America Loves Conservatism:

[...] Americans hate being pushed around in the form of government expansion or a bunch of liberal elites spending hundreds of billions of dollars when it's quite obvious none of them have the economic know-how to run a hot dog stand. And that's Americans everywhere -- even in Massachusetts! The recent election made that inarguable; the number one complaint of those voting Republican was the Democrats' health care takeover. Democrats worked hard toward achieving that holy grail of liberalism, and it got them the most stunning defeat since ... well, ever.

[...] So America loves conservatism and hates liberalism, but which has been the greater factor recently? The two do seem pretty intertwined, because a big part of conservatism is hating useless people who are convinced they should run everything, i.e., liberals. Still, if I had to pick one as the more powerful force in politics, it would be hatred of liberalism. While everyone hates patronizing dimwits who would spend their money and push them around, most people don't care enough to join a political movement and wax on philosophically about the principles of conservatism. Then again, not caring is actually kinda conservative. Still, it's not like you can build a consistent movement out of that and keep people interested when they have their own lives to deal with.

The best strategy to keep the public engaged is to expose liberals for what they want to do. Liberals will always try to hide it, but if people see clearly what liberals' goals are, they're going to hate those and want to smash them. That will always be true while America is still around. Unfortunately, as we now see, the easiest way to do that is to put liberals in charge.

Fleming is absolutely right; Americans do love conservatism. That's why the majority of Americans are conservative and only 21% of Americans are liberal. Unfortunately, they now control both the WH and Congress. That is, until November 2010 and 2012 when things change.

Posted by Richard at March 15, 2010 4:04 PM

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