Liberal & Conservative, Bankrupt, empty labels.
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Liberal meant freedom-loving once. Conservative meant upholding time-tested values. Their "competition" could be seen, within the noise brought on by corruption and bad-faith, as a way to work out differences held for laudable reasons, a balancing of perspectives. This may never have actually been true, but it was the way the struggles were portrayed, the way young recruits were brought in to populate the ranks. The cynical, either outsiders lacking in a sense of trust whether with cause or only as a reflex, "knew better." But most felt these were "ideals" to aspire to in principle if not always in fact.
Liberal & Conservative, Bankrupt, empty labels.
Liberal & Conservative, Bankrupt, empty…
Liberal & Conservative, Bankrupt, empty labels.
Liberal meant freedom-loving once. Conservative meant upholding time-tested values. Their "competition" could be seen, within the noise brought on by corruption and bad-faith, as a way to work out differences held for laudable reasons, a balancing of perspectives. This may never have actually been true, but it was the way the struggles were portrayed, the way young recruits were brought in to populate the ranks. The cynical, either outsiders lacking in a sense of trust whether with cause or only as a reflex, "knew better." But most felt these were "ideals" to aspire to in principle if not always in fact.