Friday, June 26, 2009

What Would a Country Without Liberals Be Like?

In Iran, the conservative mindset is on full display in all its glory at the present time. A senior cleric is urging severe punishment of the election protesters.

The urge to punish others for vices or peccadilloes, real or imagined, is intrinsic to the conservative mindset. You cannot be a true conservative without taking a genuine delight in severe punishment. One can see this trait to a lesser extent in Republicans in the U.S. Listen to how Republicans talk about prisons, and how they delight in making prisons abusive, degrading and traumatic environments.

Iran's conservatives make Republicans look moderate by comparison. Iran provides a textbook example for where the conservative mindset ultimately leads, once the right-wingers have eliminated all of their opposition and are in the process of mopping up.

If you want to see where the liberal mindset leads, visit Holland.

Of the two countries, I think Holland is more pleasant, although the cost of living is also higher, because plenty of people want to live there. Not too many people are queuing up for immigration to Iran just at the moment, though. Being sentenced to fifty lashes for drinking a beer is not something that most people want to risk.

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