“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy: that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
-- John Kenneth Galbraith
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When Walmart prices increase, they'll like that too.
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Wow. I'm conservative, so I guess I'm lumped in right? Does that mean I can stop all my donations to charity? Afterall, I'm selfish. Right?
ReplyDeleteBilliam: I think you are probably more libertarian. Besides, it's a generalization, just like the one about liberals all liking higher taxes and drinking coffee in coffee shops with little pinkies upraised.
ReplyDeleteIf you can honestly tell me you have never made a generalization about liberals, even in jest, then I will apologize.
Good on you that you contribute to charities ... liberals do too.
I never ONCE pictured you as a pinky out kind of guy. No, I have not lumped all liberals into the same camp. Just the majority, meaning about 55%. The rest of you, I can talk to.
ReplyDeleteWell, I like you too. It's fun to tweak a little here and there, though.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think that Galbraith's charge is more accurately applied to Libertarians.
ReplyDeleteThe philosophy espoused by "real" Libertarians, at core, does not allow for 'others.'
Genuine Conservatives, who actually exist in the Democrat Party but are more numerous in the Pubbie corral, abhor selfishness.
On the other hand, they also abhor sloth, and all the other vices.
Are you saying you're a Democrat, Dad? And what's the Pubbie corral?
ReplyDeleteAnd I like you too ... too?
Pubbie corral=Republican party. younguns' keep you up so late the your brain went into lock?
ReplyDeleteI truly had never heard that. The young 'uns are at their mother's house.
ReplyDeleteA break. That's a good thing. I'd never heard it before either, but, the meaning seemed obvious to me. Then again, i don't have to chase walking/running chemical factories around, as well as manage a household, so my brain functions more efficiently.. LOL
ReplyDeleteSorry, OS, I'm not voting Democrat. However, if it makes you feel better, I am NOT a Republican.
ReplyDeleteI am a Conservative.