Dennis Prager wrote a great little series of articles (here, here and here–so far) on the differences between the political left and the political right. His third article really nails it. It starts with the following:
A fundamental difference between the left and right concerns how each assesses public policies. The right asks, “Does it do good?” The left asks a different question.
He then goes on to give great examples of this exact phenomena describing the different ways liberals think about the minimum wage, affirmative action and the “peace” movement. His final example is the granddaddy of them all:
Perhaps the best example is the self-esteem movement. It has had an almost wholly negative effect on a generation of Americans raised to have high self-esteem without having earned it. They then suffer from narcissism and an incapacity to deal with life’s inevitable setbacks. But self-esteem feels good.
Betty Blonde #342 – 11/06/2009
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