An unbridgeable philosophical divide?

In the real world, most Americans are neither completely liberal nor conservative in their overall views. Views and opinions change, based on one’s own station in life and through differing circumstances.

That’s why we have laws, based on fundamental principles of what’s just. Because if left to the devices and whims of populists, so-called principles would change in an instant, and freedoms would suffer. That’s why conservatives look back to the Founders — they approached the building of this nation with the freshest of views, chief among them the unfailing pursuit toward more, not less, freedom.

Conservatives will never be able to cogently persuade a true liberal who is more than willing to sacrifice his freedom and income so that there is absolute perceived equality. Likewise, liberals will never persuade conservatives to sacrifice individual freedom and hard-earned wealth to be redistributed by bureaucrats and politicians in Washington.

For this reason alone, the left and right will never meet. It’s probably good that they don’t, for conflict is at the heart of democracy. I’m just glad I and my conservative colleagues are on the side of liberty!

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