A while back I had a conversation with a progressive friend of mine about regulation, and I was making the case that many regulations
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existed for the purpose of lining the pockets of politicians and big business, and he replied with the phrase, "You shouldn't tear down a
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fence unless you know why it was built." I thought it an oddly conservative sentiment at the time, until I realized he was talking about
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conserving institutional progressive dominance. I'm not going to go into a "dems r da real conservatives" spiel, but they are de facto
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working to preserve the existing status quo. It was an interesting conversation.
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It is a funny thought. Most true conservatives don't want to conserve society as it is today. And progressives are the cultural norm.
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Its like the sides switched around or something. Progressives still act like they're underdogs or something it's funny.
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This is a big reason why I used to consider myself liberal and now I don't
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