The Problems with Liberalism, Definitions
DocBrain has been asked to define Liberalism, not to use the definition of liberals, but to set up his own straw dog. OK, so here goes.
What exactly is liberalism? It is the pursuit of social change by law or rule. While liberalism was initially geared at individual freedom and limited government, it has evolved over time in America to big government that looks for stories that contain weak victims and powerful villains, and sides with the victims regardless of the practicality, truths or individual freedoms that are trampled. Most often, the victims are grouped together by a common characteristic, creating a more identifiable victim that you are either a member, a supporter or an opponent. The common phrase "if you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem" places all who are not actively onboard with the change as villains. These new liberal principles have led to the unnecessary loss of blood and treasure. Not only are the issues often contrived, but the solutions are not properly tested, leading to waste, failure and the need for even more intrusive big government intervention. The cycle repeats. The failure to understand key drivers such as the invisible hand, "black swans", innovation, the internal drivers of human behavior and other key drivers leads to failure on the grand scale that only large government can produce. As the government contaminates the private sector, we get private sector meltdowns that, as you can guess, leads to the liberal belief in the need for even more government. Liberalism focuses on process and not outcomes. When the outcomes are not as expected (as often occurs when outcome is not the measured parameter), more blood and treasure are tossed at the problem. The scientific liberal has become the political doctrinaire, doggedly following a failed social policy in principle without understanding that a fine sounding solution may run counter to reality. If perfection is the goal, then tweaking or spending more blood and treasure on a policy that has been imperfect will not lead to perfection. No matter how many corrections you add to Newtonian Physics it still is not going to explain all the subatomic particles.
Sit straw dog. Bad dog!
What exactly is liberalism? It is the pursuit of social change by law or rule. While liberalism was initially geared at individual freedom and limited government, it has evolved over time in America to big government that looks for stories that contain weak victims and powerful villains, and sides with the victims regardless of the practicality, truths or individual freedoms that are trampled. Most often, the victims are grouped together by a common characteristic, creating a more identifiable victim that you are either a member, a supporter or an opponent. The common phrase "if you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem" places all who are not actively onboard with the change as villains. These new liberal principles have led to the unnecessary loss of blood and treasure. Not only are the issues often contrived, but the solutions are not properly tested, leading to waste, failure and the need for even more intrusive big government intervention. The cycle repeats. The failure to understand key drivers such as the invisible hand, "black swans", innovation, the internal drivers of human behavior and other key drivers leads to failure on the grand scale that only large government can produce. As the government contaminates the private sector, we get private sector meltdowns that, as you can guess, leads to the liberal belief in the need for even more government. Liberalism focuses on process and not outcomes. When the outcomes are not as expected (as often occurs when outcome is not the measured parameter), more blood and treasure are tossed at the problem. The scientific liberal has become the political doctrinaire, doggedly following a failed social policy in principle without understanding that a fine sounding solution may run counter to reality. If perfection is the goal, then tweaking or spending more blood and treasure on a policy that has been imperfect will not lead to perfection. No matter how many corrections you add to Newtonian Physics it still is not going to explain all the subatomic particles.
Sit straw dog. Bad dog!
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