That, of course is a gross overstatement of what Democrats believe. The extreme left of the Democratic Party will assert that only a select few intellectuals should call the shots and whether they hail from Harvard, MIT or UC-Berkeley is important and the hell with the Beltway Boobs. Democratic Leadership in the Congress will assert that there is a good cause for government programs and that is true.
And there are those on the right that look at it in a similar vein. Between Hillary's "it takes a village" and the conservative mantra of "no man is an island", it's no wonder our lives will only be *more* controlled, not less. It's a brave new world.
You don't seem to really know what a conservative is. You've pegged Hillary correctly but conservatives are far more independent than you project. "No man is an island is a liberal notion, not conservative.
Just curious but how old are you and if you are running for office how have you managed to get it so confused?
My use of the phrase, "no man is an island", was based on having seen it used by people on the right side of the spectrum, usually in reference to advocating behavior-control laws.
It's also been my observation that - okay, SOME - conservatives look at Americans as unruly children, much in the same way liberals do. The difference is how each side wants to make them conform to their standards. For instance, there's a guy over on Hannity's forums that thinks we can arrest our way back to an Ozzie & Harriet kind of America, and he can't be the only one.
And, for the record: I'm on the knife's edge of being 41 years of age, and my campaign is focused mostly on eminent domain and forfeiture abuse, reforming family services to cut down on frivolous "revenge" charges (usually made by angry ex-spouses), and replacing the tax structure with the national retail sales tax.
What you read here, doesn't make it out on the campaign trail, unless I meet a kindred spirit along the way.