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No, it's a spectrum. There are no conservatives who believe that authority is always right, and no liberals (at least, very few liberals) who believe that it i
by jibiki 17y ago
No, it's a spectrum. There are no conservatives who believe that authority is always right, and no liberals (at least, very few liberals) who believe that it is never right.
> Authority and loyalty aren't something that needs defined, you know them when you see them and instantly recognize it when there's a lack of them. On the other hand, what is "fair" or "least harmful" among a given set of decisions is always up for huge debate.
It is impossible to base your decisions on authority and loyalty alone, because you might end up being loyal to an authority who enjoys genocide. As noted above, conservatives also take fairness into account. Think about abortion, for instance...
- philwelch 17y ago"There are no conservatives who believe that authority is always right, and no liberals (at least, very few liberals) who believe that it is never right." If only because believing that authority is always right is a decent characterization of fascism, while believing that authority is never right is a descent characterization of anarchism, which are respectively more right-wing/left-wing than conservatism and liberalism. This just maintains the spectrum while showing that conservatism and liberalism are not at the extremes.