Liberals and Leftists

I’m a conservative because both these approaches are the product of boundless individualism. They are about catering to the unhinged, impossible to satisfy “gimme, gimme, gimme” of a desiring maw of need that is a human who doesn’t recognize boundaries. Whether this desiring human demands power or rights is not that important.

The quoted poster is absolutely right in that both a liberal and a leftist appoint themselves to be the judges of Good and Bad. They bicker about what that is but the underlying principle that it’s up to them to figure it out remains intact. They can’t conceive of a limiting principle that lies outside of themselves and that they don’t immediately need to violate. They see themselves and their whims as the measure of everything. They are always owed. Whether they are owed power or rights or endless consideration for their feelings doesn’t matter.

In reality, this distinction between wanting power and wanting rights is unimportant. If rights are the most important thing, soon enough you’ll need a lot of power to wrangle more and more exotic rights out of others. We’ve all seen the creation of a disciplinary apparatus to ensure the right of some men to force people to call them women. We’ve all been forced to sit 6 feet apart so that some of us could exercise their right to feeling less anxious.