Propaganda^^^^^More "historical" than propaganda. Try reading some history books for a change. Also, The Founding Fathers used "The People" to address to their own class, the Enlightened Persons and not necessarily the ordinary man or the rabble whom they did not trust. And another thing, your description sounds more like a modern anti-Left Republican media driven version of what the two sides are really about. In other words, you watch too much Fox News. Finally, your description clearly demonstrates why there should be the separation of Church and State. "Conservative strictly construes laws" versus "Liberalism loosely interprets the law." This sure sounds like the battle between Christians and Atheists. The Founding Fathers luckily didn't want this debate muddying up the political process and thus specifically pointed out that the Church should not get involved in the State's affairs. Too bad you aren't forward thinking like The Founding Fathers.
"the people" are individuals.
In the context of the purpose of government, conservatism is a restrictive perspective that strictly construes laws as they are applied to the citizens, whereas liberalism loosely interprets the law to expand the role of government on the basis that the limited few in government know what's better for "the people" under government control.
Using your word choices and definition: Liberalism is ...
... those in government decide what is "good" for those affected by government action...
... because those liberals in power believe they know better. Originally Posted by LexusLover
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