Liberal perfection is the enemy of Conservative good enough.

Jan 29, 2016 | MosesKnows

[MosesKnows]

Liberal perfection is the enemy of Conservative good enough

[MosesKnows]

I was curious who would understand the sentiment.

[Lockbox]

Like the Sovite ‘best is the enemy of good enough’.

[immadashell]

Does anybody understand the sentence?

[TBP]

“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” — Yogi Berra

[TBP]

Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

[hawaiianninja]

Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. And many beholders have bad eyesight.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Don’t immanentize the eschaton.

[DoughtyOne]

[PJBankard]

Simple Understanding:

The phrase plays on the concept of pure conservatism. If you are only partially conservative, you maybe ok with some liberal/moderate views. However, a perfect liberal will not have any conservative notions, thus the enemy of a partial conservative is a perfect liberal.

[PJBankard]

Sorry forgot to add. The problem with this conundrum, is there is no such thing as a perfect liberal. The phrase also leaves the counter statement, which furthers the problem as there is no such thing as a perfect Conservative.

[lurk]

Perfectionism = control freak = totalitarianism.

[donna]

Mmm, sex?

[MosesKnows]

Does anybody understand the sentence?

Not so far but I'll keep reading the responses.

[3boysdad]

It means good enough is not enough to beat liberalism. You need to work harder. ;)