Once upon a time a politician promised a program to create a “Great Society.” Turns out, society was already pretty good, and government was not a suitable instrument for a good society better - let alone, “great."The “Great Society” was simply a ginormous government program.
“Liberals” are cynical about society, and naive about government.
I remember one of my relatives telling me that this was the ‘turning point’ where she became a Conservative.
She was, back in the day, in a social stratum where she socialized with upper-crusties, including one of Johnson’s daughters.
She told me that after she and her friends had seen the beginnings, and envisioned the future, of what the ‘Great Society’ would accomplish, she and her friends looked at one another and asked: ‘What Have We Done ???’
These were compassionate and well-meaning people; and I don’t doubt that there are a lot of Freepers who started out similarly as well-meaning Liberals; but had the sense to finally realize that they had been fooled.