Why is there no such thing as a bleeding-heart conservative? God's jurisdiction or something?
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there’s Bleeding Heart Libertarians, which I guess is what I am?
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there are bleeding heart religious people but they're on the left. Catholic Worker Movement, Liberation Theology, etc.
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That's an oxymoron. What conservative likes to support large public health, education, and welfare programs politically with big tax?
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Some bleeding hearts satisfy their ethical obligations through pro bono work and volunteerism rather than redistributionist economics
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as long as it's someone else's heart that does the bleeding
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I think idea is that if system is good (i.e. we should conserve it), then if you're doing badly it's your own fault
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Rough Take: Conservatives want individuals to change to fit the system. Progressives want systems to change to fit the individual.
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