I disagree with the article. It is much simpler; a matter of two different worldviews. Conservatives believe in individual responsibility and moral absolutes, and that a person largely creates their own opportunities and is responsible for their own failures, and if they commit a criminal act it is an avoidable, conscious decision. Liberals believe that outside forces, fate if you will, control both positive and negative outcomes. Thus if someone is wealthy, it is not through their own tireless efforts, skill, and sacrifice, but a matter of “luck” or “cheating”. Likewise, criminal behavior is viewed as just a “bad break”, or as the acceptable result of poverty (”what was he supposed to do, he was broke”).
Many liberals I have known have consistently made bad decisions and then blame others on the outcome. They don’t seem to comprehend cause and effect. I had a liberal neighbor who let her children goad her into buying them expensive designer clothes to the point that she was taking out equity in her house to pay off the credit cards. Wen I suggested that she had to stop doing this she looked at me like I was crazy.