[steve-b]

the fact remains that in any civilized society there are those that are in positions of authority based on the privilege granted them by the members of the society who wish to maintain the cultural norms that make up that society hence the term "conservative"

There are always those who think that that public virtue can spring from the pronouncements of some political leader, like Athena from the forehead of Zeus. The notion that it is possible to get something by simply demanding it, rather than doing the hard work of producing it, is seductive. Every nation so seduced becomes one with Nineveh and Tyre.

[Texasforever]

There are always those who think that that public virtue can spring from the pronouncements of some political leader,

While I agree with what you said what does that have to do with what I said?

[Kevin Curry]

The notion that it is possible to get something by simply demanding it, rather than doing the hard work of producing it, is seductive.

Hence the ingrained, consistent failure of the Libertarian Party.