Embracing Dark Forces, or Taking Positive Action

CONSERVATIVES IN AMERICA seem fond of embracing dark, mysterious, all powerful forces; the great invisible hand of the free market, the Judeo Christian God, and so forth. And yet, they accuse liberals of living in a world of emotion based fantasy, of wanting to create a magical, impossible utopia on earth by doing such crazy things as taking money from the rich and redistributing it among the poor, if you can even imagine such a thing. Who was it who said "go thy way, and sell whatsoever thou hast, and give unto the poor" ? And who said "render unto Caesar" ? Surely not some conservative republican. Whether there is any such thing as an invisible hand automatically guiding the free market toward an economic efficiency in which all humans act rationally in their self interest, without any involvement from government whatsoever, resulting in a happy, healthy capitalistic world, is questionable, if not downright absurd. Without government involvement, we have the annoying little matters of monopolies and poverty, among other problems. Even the philosophical inventor of modern capitalism, Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations, 1776), mentioned that government is needed to protect the poor from the brutal consequences of unfettered capitalism. As for the great Judeo Christian sky God, the author of the Holy Christian Bible? We should hope that dodesn't exist either. According to the Bible, God is quite a monster. Blood sacrifices and lies. It is fortunate that the powerful, evil forces, such as conservatives tend to revere, are imaginary. As to liberal fantasy, that we can all work together to create a better, more perfect world through humanistic action such as redistribution of wealth and strong action to halt human made climate change? Ridiculous ideas, according to American conservatives, very doable and desirable, according to liberals. We may all find contentment in the choices we make.