Cattleman wrote:
Oh the irony!!!!
but a conservative views this as a trivial statement. in other words, he thinks that all men are created equal and therefore he needs no government to ensure that equality.
That could be straight from John Locke - generally regarded as one of the major founders of modern Liberalism.
a liberal will find fault in that argument, in that people are complex creatures, often engaged in either rational or irrational selfish behavior that will make equality an enforcement aspect for a civil society.
And that could well be a response from Edmund Burke - regarded as the 'father" of modern Conservatism.
Go figure!
i don't know Burke, but i know Locke, and he wasn't anti-government. he saw a role for limited government, which is what most conservatives believe in...theoretically.
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