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Originally posted by Gregster:
Liberals view the world in terms of how it ought to be...conservatives deal with problems and agendas in terms the way it IS.
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More labels and generalisations. Let's reinforce ignorant categorisation of people based on some idealogical leanings.
A communist, democratic believer, Muslim, Anarchist and Feral could all view the world in terms of how it should be.
A REALIST is one who views the world how it is, and you can be a realistic communist, realistic Muslim, realistic Anarchist and of course realistic LIBERAL. Who gives a toss.
A CONSERVATIVE is one who won't change the status quo, and so is directly related to what the political situation is.
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union in it's last years was called CONSERVATIVE.
A Monarchist committed to a reigning monarch would be conservative.
The opposite of conservatism is radicalism. Not Liberalism.
[ 12-21-2002, 05:40 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ]