> Through all of mankind['s history,] we had strong mechanisms to form consensus, including social repercussions. So, you're saying this mechanism is a good th

> Through all of mankind['s history,] we had strong mechanisms to form consensus, including social repercussions. So, you're saying this mechanism is a good thing? Because mechanisms that reinforce the current social consensus, whatever it might be for that era, tend to maintain the status quo. And a desire to maintaining the status quo is a big chunk of the philosophy of, yep, that's right, ... conservatives. I've often said progressives aren't liberals because they don't agree with liberal philosophical values of the Enlightenment. Their "maintain the current societal consensus" argument is the strongest evidence of that yet.