On Liberals and their problem with reality
More Hyscience Aug 23, 2011, 12:58 pm
Over at American Spectator, Ron Ross discusses one of liberal’s most basic problems – their rejection of and discomfort with reality. As he points out, it’s an attitude that, unfortunately, creates a number of problems not only for them but for the rest of us as well:
[...] There is, for example, much about human nature that bothers liberals. They do not like the fact that self-interest is the prime motivator in human decision making. This is at the root of why they speak so disdainfully of profits. The profit motive makes them cringe. For liberals “profits” is a four letter word. They would prefer people to be motivated strictly by charitable impulses and altruism. Rather than recognizing that being motivated by self-interest is a necessary survival tool, liberals conflate self-interest with greed and then blame greed for many of society’s ills.
s of Adam Smith was his non-judgmental acceptance of human nature. He recognized that self-interest is the primary motivator in human behavior. Rather than wasting his time denying or lamenting that, he explained how a market economy does the best job of bridling that force and can actually lead to beneficial outcomes for society in general. He wrote, “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.”
There are a number of features of a market economy liberals do not like, and they do everything they can to suppress or eliminate them. In their minds a market economy leads to an unacceptable level of inequality. In a market economy, some people get extremely wealthy. Liberals simply cannot abide that. It irritates them beyond belief. Because
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- Description: Over at American Spectator, Ron Ross discusses one of liberal’s most basic problems – their rejection of and discomfort with reality. As he points out, it’s an attitude that, unfortunately, creates a number of problems not only for them but for the rest of us as well: [...] There is, for example, much about human nature that bothers liberals. They do not like the fact that self-interest is the prime
