12-01-2012, 02:21 AM
Conservatives have their "god". Progressives have socialism. Both groups are about forcing their lifestyle choices on the rest of society. All the other items ken listed are just the details of how they do it. At the street level I honestly believe both groups think they are doing what is best. At the top levels, it's just good propaganda for control, mostly on an economic level. It's so much easier to control the flow of money vs putting physical chains on people (that's too overt and might alert the citizens they're just slaves to the system).
"Government is good at one thing: it knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, 'See, if it weren’t for the government, you wouldn’t be able to walk." - Harry Browne
"Government is good at one thing: it knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, 'See, if it weren’t for the government, you wouldn’t be able to walk." - Harry Browne