As I read this remarkable essay, I could not help thinking that our education system is part of the problem in that schools still encourage conflating communism with socialism with evil with democrats. Educators also do not clarify that "liberal" merely means open to considering alternatives and enabling conflating the term liberal with…
As I read this remarkable essay, I could not help thinking that our education system is part of the problem in that schools still encourage conflating communism with socialism with evil with democrats. Educators also do not clarify that "liberal" merely means open to considering alternatives and enabling conflating the term liberal with holding leftist viewpoints. Similarly, "conservative" merely means cautious - slow to adopt new policies and practices. One can be both liberal and conservative at the same time. But our "2-Party System" creates and promotes this false dichotomy. The fact that the largest number of voters are neither registered as Republicans nor Democrats shows that an Americans are waking up to this reality. Alas, the false distinctions promoted by both parties results in nearly always having to vote for the lesser of two evils; not between two competent candidates with differing platforms.
As I read this remarkable essay, I could not help thinking that our education system is part of the problem in that schools still encourage conflating communism with socialism with evil with democrats. Educators also do not clarify that "liberal" merely means open to considering alternatives and enabling conflating the term liberal with holding leftist viewpoints. Similarly, "conservative" merely means cautious - slow to adopt new policies and practices. One can be both liberal and conservative at the same time. But our "2-Party System" creates and promotes this false dichotomy. The fact that the largest number of voters are neither registered as Republicans nor Democrats shows that an Americans are waking up to this reality. Alas, the false distinctions promoted by both parties results in nearly always having to vote for the lesser of two evils; not between two competent candidates with differing platforms.