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Originally posted by Grothendieck
Like biological systems, what we have as status quo has often evolved into a "best possible" situation.
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i would have to disagree with your use of such an analogy. in evolution, animals that survived and evolved are believed to have changed rather drastically over a relatively short period of time as a response to something. the animals that didnt go through such drastic changes went extinct. I believe the theory is called punctuated equilibrium, and it stems from darwins theory of natural selection in part. whether or not punctuated equilibrium theory is true or not is another debate, however its widely accepted.
ok back on topic...
i think this is an awesome topic, i was gonna make it myself but gibingus was 1000x more eloquent than i could be.
I believe that liberal means advocating change and conservative means keeping things the same.
i believe that the polarization of these words has been very deliberate in the effort to create an "us vs. them" mentality with the ppl that actually care. when ppl are in the "us vs. them" mentality, they usually start caring more about who wins than what the issues actually are.
This works in favor of all politicians, as the vast majority of them have huge skeletons in their closets that should be looked at as important issues. (not who cheated on who, who got a BJ, etc; but more like, where does your donation and funding come from, do you hold the ppl's interests whom you are trying to represent first or the interests of your financial backers first)