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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> This sentence doesn't exclude that it might as well be
> a conservative ethologist's favourite notion.

Well, I'm displaying my own personal prejudices, of course.

Personal anecdote: In my son's pre-school, they have the
philosophy that kids should be left to do what they feel
like doing, whether or not the rest of the class is involved
in some group activity. I was listening to NPR, where someone
was explaining that self-directed retirement plans are bad,
because people aren't smart enough to plan their own savings,
but must have the government do it for them. Somehow, that
to me seems the quintessence of liberalism - three-year-olds
get to direct their own education, while adults need the nanny!

Charles Krauthammer said that to truly understand American
politics, you must realize that conservatives think liberals
are idiots, and liberals think conservatives are evil. I think
both sides are correct.