Activist Government

Conservatism promotes (and so does liberalism, misguidedly) the idea that liberalism is about activist government where conservatism is not. This is absurd. It is unrelated to the history of conservative government. Conservatism promotes activist government that acts in the interests of the aristocracy. This has been true for thousands of years. What is distinctive about liberalism is not that it promotes activist government but that it promotes government that acts in the interests of the majority. Democratic government, however, is not simply majoritarian. It is, rather, one institutional expression of a democratic type of culture that is still very much in the process of being invented.

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>>1
That's a pretty good point. Conservatives want an "activist government" that does things like regulate abortion, drugs, etc, all in the interest of groups such as business and evangelical preachers. Meanwhile, liberals want the government out of those kinds of things, but in to things like environmental protection and health care, which the people actually support. I'm sure that when you add it all up, liberals will tend to be more pro-government, but my point is that you see it on both sides.

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>>7
Wow, what an awesome counter-argument. Please continue making posts that don't make you look like an utter moron.

Yes, it WAS fairly awesome, wasn't it?  And I will certainly continue making posts that emphasize my rather prodigious intellect, and thank you O so much for noticing.