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Not sure if any of you saw or knew, but Wall Street Journal editorialist Robert Bartley passed away and there were some interesting snippets in the op/ed section today. If you're not familliar with him, he was originally more of a leftward leaner, but took on a conservative viewpoint sometime in the late 70's/early 80's. Here was an interesting bit he wrote back in 1968...
| quote: | The Collapse of Liberalism
Oct. 14, 1968
In our time, liberalism has come to mean dependence on the powers of central government to solve nearly all problems. This has stemmed from a view of man holding that any evil he displays is merely the result of his environment, and that his innate good will be released by the simple step of giving him ample money, housing and other worldly goods. Thus, the liberal creed has come to demand an almost religious "commitment" to using the government to uplift the poor; not so much as a way to help the unfortunate, but as an answer to all the problems of mankind. |
Pretty interesting/accurate, particularly considering it was written almost 35 years ago. |
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