I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.
As a child of the '60s, I accepted as an article of faith that government is corrupt, that business is exploitative, and that people are generally good at heart.
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I find david mamet always interesting in his public writing and this is no exception. he describes an existential political state of mind very well; my inference is that if beginning from the conservative state and getting to the liberal one, he would sound very much the same. we all must come to terms with the imperfections of what we want to believe (even in ourselves of course) and this puts that conflict into his words. while we may each have a different point of view, i can admit there is truth here not that difficult to acknowledge.
