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In my view the fundamental disagreement between progressivism and conservatism is whether or not there are tradeoffs at play, whether or not we can have our cak
by AbrahamParangi 3y ago
In my view the fundamental disagreement between progressivism and conservatism is whether or not there are tradeoffs at play, whether or not we can have our cake and eat it too. A conservative is inclined to say that we can't and a progressive is inclined to say that we can.
The conservative is usually right, but all progress (whether social or technological) depends on when they're wrong, hence the eternal conflict.
Edit: Another way of saying this is that the conservative plays as if she is in a game with a concave payoff function and the progressive as if the payoff is convex.
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoThe conservative is only right in the sense that he'd rather throw the cake into a furnace than allow someone to have a piece. Then he'll turn to you and say "see? I told you we couldn't share cake!"
- AbrahamParangi 3y agoThis is an uncharitable view. You don’t owe anyone charity but I would ask you to consider it if only for the sake of discussion.
- somedude895 3y ago> he'd rather throw the cake into a furnace than allow someone to have a piece Funny, that's exactly the view I have of progressivism as an envy-driven ideology that would rather see everyone be equally miserable than some few being less miserable than others.