Programming Of Politics

Many liberals (and conservatives such as Sam Tanenhaus) who bemoan the epistemic closure of conservative mind consider proper role of conservatism in politics as a check on excesses of liberalism.

 

To use programming parlance liberalism represents the normal flow of politics, with conservatism as the handler for exceptional conditions.

 

My view is that the ideal politics is reverse of this. It is conservatism which should be the norm and liberalism should exist to renovate what is obsolete and defective.