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1968 Liberal Ideology

Via Instapundit, Stuck on 1968, how liberal ideology hasn't withstood the test of time (that time being the last 30+ years). What is the liberal dogma which doesn't hold up?

• Anti-Communism was a greater menace than Communism.
• The planet could not possibly support the population increases that would take place by the end of the twentieth century.
• Conservatives stood in the way of progress for minorities.
• Government programs were the best way to lift people out of poverty.
• What underdeveloped countries needed were large capital investments, financed by foreign aid from the rich countries.
• Inflation was a cost-push phenomenon, requiring government intervention in wage and price setting.

It ties nicely in with the creation of liberal media bias -- liberals place more trust into the government, conservatives don't.

Unrelated is how government trust varies on the subject. Take domestic wiretaps, for example, in particular this comment. Conservatives seem to be willing to trust the government, forgetting decades of history in which the FBI spied on Americans without any real reason. Liberals seem rational, distrusting the government, but that's probably more because they dislike President Bush than for any other reason.

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