Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
Health warning, not sure if this attribute represents correlation or causation; it could easily be the case that consensual politics people tend to be liberal (in the american sense), and thus fall foul of Jonathan Haidt's rule vis-a-vis liberals and conservatives, i.e. that latter understand the former than is true vice versa.
And where do conservative liberals figure in this? Ie. people who like the liberal world that we live in, and feel no particular need to roll things back to some mythical golden age. And what about those like myself who believe in the socialism of responsibility, with a society that enables individuals to take responsibility for themselves and for their community. That stipulates low level action by low level governments that necessarily requires consensus. But that kind of low level consensus politics has been marginalised in favour of high level government that overrides anyone that disagrees with the winning side, based on ivory tower political theory and demonisation of social groups. I don't give a toss about abstract liberty that requires the Commons to stomp over every other form of government. I want more bike racks and better public transport.