(Mr. Neumayr analyzes a post-election piece written by Gary Wills in the NY Times):
The reason why liberalism lacks any enduring appeal to ordinary Americans is not that it is too lofty but that it is too low. It is beneath the reason of man. It
appeals not to the mind of humans but to their irrational desires. Liberalism is
far more about emotion than reason. Want to feel good about being bad?
Liberalism will give you plenty of excuses to. But Americans can see that this
is a childish, self-indulgent political philosophy that no civilization can run
on for very long. To see that liberalism is false to human nature and reason all
Americans have to do is look at the chaotic and downright barbaric public
schools under its influence, the immense damage it has done to popular culture
and family life, and its sapping of economies and governments.
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