Quote Originally Posted by duckie View Post
I get chewed out a lot for my conservative beliefs. Not neccessarily on this forum, but a lot IRL. The world is going liberal and, consequently, down the toilet.
Which civilization-group is the most successful, prosperous, and powerful the world has ever seen? The West. Who has the most flourishing artistic and cultural sector in the modern age? The West. Who has the most advanced science and technology? The best universities? The highest literacy rates? The West.

Know what else the West is? It's liberal. It's the most liberal civilization that has ever existed in Human history. The past few centuries of liberalizing is precisely what has led to our current prominence. Liberalism is what means you live in a society where you aren't going to get executed for being a rape victim.

Liberalism has given you a society where you're allowed to decide for yourself how best to live your life. You might think it's fine to have someone who agrees completely with you to have control, because it doesn't affect you - but the problem is there is no way of guaranteeing who is in control. It could just as easily be someone you disagree with. So it's better to be liberal, because then you're protected from being completely controlled by people like me.

Liberalism isn't destroying the world. It's the only beacon of hope in the world.