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MGKrebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-21-03 04:22 PM
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Random thoughts re: Cons. vs. liberal
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Is this a fair statement:

Most everyone would agree that there are some people on welfare who need it.
Most everyone would agree that there are some people on welfare who are scamming.

Liberals are willing to accept a certain amount of the scammers in order to help the needy.
Conservatives would rather discard the needy in order to prevent any scamming.

I can't seem to help seeing conservative vs. liberal in almost every situation anymore. Driving around town, I assume the aggressive drivers that cut you off are conservative, because conservatives are all about getting ahead, and self-advancement - even at the expense of others. Whereas liberals, I think, generally recognize that the roads are there to help get us ALL to where we are going, so we all have to give up a little to keep the whole gang moving.

I think it is conservatives who get pissed off every time they are held up any tiny little bit anywhere. But it is also conservatives who stand around right inside the doors to the movie theater chatting, and blocking the door for everybody else.

I think it is conservatives who bitch whenever something doesn't work exactly as they anticipate it should, but at the same time, they think all this shit is free- traffic lights, sewers, baggage screeners, etc.

Liberals will win in the end. My understanding of the "prisoners dilemma" theory is that cooperation in a society is practically inevitable, and that being greedy and selfish is ultimately unsuccessful and becomes extinct.
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