Is that a typo?
Most conservatives believe man is basically bad and cannot be trusted. From a Christian perspective I believe in original sin, but even apart from that, experience shows us the truth of such maxims as “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Liberalism, by contrast, affirms the inherent goodness of man.
That is a very serious error and leads to horrible abuses.
I did not make a typo. You are wrong. Two famous philosophers wrote books on the nature of man.
Conservatives believe that man is basically good hence, the need for less government (John Locke).
Liberals believe that man is basically bad, hence the need for more government (Reussaeu).
I’m admittedly over simplifying here but, you probably get the gist. I encourage you to research the subject more. I took an entire philosophy class on this subject way back in college
Todays conservatives believe in the ‘free market’ because they trust the nature of man. The liberals believe in the governemnt because they do not trust in the nature of man.
Notice how Obama is always attacking Romney, big oil, rich people, etc. He does this because he thinks they are evil, so to speak, and does not trust their motives. Romney never goes for this personal stuff. Like most conservatives, he beieves Obama is a good person but, very misguided.
Think about most liberals on the View and MSNBC. They are full of vile and personal attacks all the time. Go to Fox and you’ll see attacks mostly on misguided ideas but, rarely on the people or on the intentions of the ideas.
It’s all pretty clear once you understand what you are looking at.