Liberalism preaches confident social engineering by the regulatory state. Conservatism urges government humility in the face of society’s creative complexity.”
Well reasoned, well written...but...I thought the bedrock and source of our freedoms was our Creator...never mentioned by either intellectual. THAT is why American “Progressives” and RINO’s don’t get it. They don’t get it at all.
They’re fighting over how much or how little control each has over that which is not theirs to regulate.
Yes. I believe you're right. Capitalism was successful largely because of Judeo-Christian concepts of private property rights, individual worth, and self-regulated liberty. We've been coasting on the benefits of our cultural heritage for so long, many of us have forgotten how we got here in the first place.