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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (38223)	11/5/2009 4:17:22 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Thus the liberal paradigm divides the American body politic into sheep, wolves, and would-be shepherds. The shepherds must defeat the efforts of the wolves. Links to some quotes related to, or in response to that idea Message 25985826 Message 25865231 Message 25222452 This paradigm, while never wholly accurate and, of course, always self-serving (as political philosophies tend to be), had a basis in reality in the late 19th century. Perhaps some basis in reality, but not a very large one even then. There where more poor people (as a percentage) and the poor where worse off then, because the economy produced much less wealth. The multi-millionaires (comparable to centi-millionaires and billionaires today) got wealthy primarily by moving the process of creating all that new wealth ahead. The liberal paradigm about the improvement in the conditions of the typical working man since then is that it was all the government and the unions, but they exaggerate the role of each. Since liberals care about the sheep, all who disagree with liberalism must not, making them morally inferior if not downright immoral. I run in to people who believe such nonsense all the time on SI.