Conservative noun. a statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the liberal

who wishes to replace them with others.

A quote from the Devil's Dictionary.

Understanding the Conservative Mind.

This is going to be a two-part series.

Part two will be called Understanding the Liberal Mind.

This two-part series will explore the foundations of conservatism and liberalism.

We're beginning with the conservative mind

but this is going to be a very even-handed approach

and then next week we'll look at the liberal mind.

The goal of this series is not to advocate any kind of political positions or to teach you any

kind of ideology, but it's to get you the deepest possible most genuine sense of

the opposite of whatever your world view is so if you're a liberal this is the

episode for you because as a liberal you do not understand the conservative mind

and if you're a conservative then next week's episode

will be the one for you because you don't understand the liberal mind.

Our aim in this series is epistemological, it is not political. I will not be advocating

for any ideology or any worldview here. I will not be telling you which one is better than the other one.

That's just not what we're interested in here.

This is going to be a Sprylidamics kind of tier 2 perspective.

This will be nonpartisan and I'm going to try to make it as non-judgmental as possible.

I will be presenting the most charitable and steel manned position for both worldviews.

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