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Originally Posted by Vigilante
I would say, as a conservative, I guess (I'm not really that conservative compared to most that live around me) that the reason the right is afraid of agreeing with anything that Obama pushes is that they fear the give an inch, take a mile concept will come into play. If they give him one thing, he may run wild with the rest. I'm not saying I agree with that logically, but it has run across my mind from time to time. If it runs across my mind, it must run across others as well.
Is that rational? Of course not! And I don't think that is the case, but it's just something I'm tossing out there.
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Not trusting the "other side" isn't necessarily about rational/irrational, it's more about crossing ideological waters. As a moderate collectivist, I'll probably never understand extreme individualism like that associated with anarchocapitalism, but I'm honestly trying. How can I provide an objective view of a given situation if I can't, when necessary, step outside of whatever ideologies and principles have emerged as a part of the development of my perception? I can't. Moreover, how can I speak to someone with a different ideology without the ability to put myself inside that ideological though process? I can't.
Speaking only for myself, I was concerned that, with the GWOT after 9/11, President Bush was going to take a lightyear given all the power he was given by congress. He did take things waaaay too far, obviously, but he could have done a lot worse. Would he have been more likely to be overthrown had he gone further? Probably, but that doesn't always stop the more tyrannical-minded in our society.