Liberal Inability To Abstract
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A Liberal Inability To Abstract underlies common liberal beliefs, particularly among those who have difficulties with certain abstractions.
Liberals like Michael Moore can be heard making arguments apparently designed to appeal to people who have difficulties grasping the abstract flaws.
Here is a list of flawed liberal beliefs based on the increasingly levels of abstraction needed to debunk them:
| Abstraction Required (1-low, 10-high) | Issue | Abstraction Needed To See Truth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Socialism | need to recognize the invisible hand: unseen market forces work best |
| 2 | Health Care | unseen free market innovates the most in developing new treatments |
| 3 | Gun control | unseen deterrence: more guns mean less crime |
| 3 | Taxes | Laffer curve: more taxes mean less government revenue |
| 4 | Hell | unseen for some now does not imply that it will not exist for them later |
| 5 | feminism | unseen value of some division of labor and activities by gender, rather than mindless equality |
| 5 | radiometric dating | unseen logical circularity in assuming constant decay rates in order to claim an Old Earth |
| 6 | marriage | unseen harm in legitimizing alternative arrangements as traditional marriage |
When discussing with a liberal about one of the above issues, first consider whether the liberal is capable of understanding the abstraction. If not, then your main challenge may be in explaining the abstraction as clearly as possible.