Always in the mood for a discussion about politics and worldview, I ask - Is this often-quoted statement true, false or something else:
"The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
If the statement is true, why are so many conservatives involved in politics? Why do they even care about politics? Shouldn't they be laboring in the cultural (and therefore more powerful) vocations of writers, pastors, musicians, professors, artists, film directors, teachers, and so on? Many would argue it is "liberals" who dominate and excel in these professions. Are liberals inherently more creative than conservatives? I'll leave that to you to decide...
Maybe before going on with any discussion like this one, we need to get past the cracked-out Fox News definitions of liberal and conservative.
*John Stewart Mill's assessment of the conservatives of his day
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