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Conservative principles are based on reason.  So why do non-conservatives still exist?  Here are some reasons:

Conservative principles are based on reason.  So why do non-conservatives still exist?  Here are some reasons:

== Statistical Analysis ==

== Reasons liberals exists ==

:* Did not hear about conservative principles until ''after'' they made up their mind and, perhaps due to pervasive societal bias, refuse to reconsider

 

:* Genuinely lack of desire to find the truth, and instead desire attention, praise by liberal teachers, getting along by going along, and not standing up to liberal bullies

:* 20%: did not hear about conservative principles until ''after'' they made up their mind and, perhaps due to pervasive societal bias, refuse to reconsider

:* Refuse to forgive themselves and let go of their past mistakes and image

:* 10%: genuinely lack of desire to find the truth, and instead desire attention, praise by liberal teachers, getting along by going along, and not standing up to liberal bullies

:* Believe myths created around government programs like the "New Deal" that liberal policies create jobs instead of destroying them and depriving people of liberty through government control.

:* 10%: refuse to forgive themselves and let go of their past mistakes and image

:* Fooled by the demonizing of conservatives and mistakenly feel that conservative benefits are available only to those who are from an intact family or privileged background

:* 10%: believe myths created around government programs like the "New Deal" that liberal policies create jobs instead of destroying them and depriving people of liberty through government control.

:* Refuse to rise above their personal temptations, often self-destructive, and hate conservatives who criticize their self-indulgent behavior

:* 10%: fooled by the demonizing of conservatives and mistakenly feel that conservative benefits are available only to those who are from an intact family or privileged background

:* Feel that they deserve to make more money than they do, as in public school teachers, university professors and scientists, and refuse to rise above self-interest

:* 10%: refuse to rise above their personal temptations, often self-destructive, and hate conservatives who criticize their self-indulgent behavior

:* Harbor a grudge against a conservative, typically a parent but sometimes an ex-spouse, and refuse to forgive or rise above the animosity

:* 10%: feel that they deserve to make more money than they do, as in public school teachers, university professors and scientists, and refuse to rise above self-interest

:* Like an anarchist, genuinely want to believe in and propagate destructive ideas (Due to the tendency of non-conservatives to refuse to admit this even to themselves, this number could be much higher)

:* 10%: harbor a grudge against a conservative, typically a parent but sometimes an ex-spouse, and refuse to forgive or rise above the animosity

:* Are susceptible to marketing and suggestion to an overlarge degree.

:* 5%: like an anarchist, genuinely want to believe in and propagate destructive ideas (Due to the tendency of non-conservatives to refuse to admit this even to themselves, this number could be much higher)

:* 5%: are susceptible to marketing and suggestion to an overlarge degree.

== What Triggers Reconsideration of [[Liberal]] Beliefs? ==

== What Triggers Reconsideration of [[Liberal]] Beliefs? ==

What triggers reconsideration of liberal beliefs?  Here are some estimates:

What triggers reconsideration of liberal beliefs?  Here are some estimates:

:* 25%: raising or teaching children, and realizing how destructive liberal values are to many of them

:* Raising or teaching children, and realizing how destructive liberal values are to many of them

:* 15%: a religious conversion followed by taking the [[Bible]] to heart

:* A religious conversion followed by taking the [[Bible]] to heart

:* 10%: a loss of a loved one that resulted from accepting or promoting liberal values, as in losing a loved one to crime caused by pornography, drug addiction, gambling, etc.

:* A loss of a loved one that resulted from accepting or promoting liberal values, as in losing a loved one to crime caused by pornography, drug addiction, gambling, etc.

:* 10%: a new friendship with someone who is conservative, and realizing how much good flows from the conservative values<ref>''See, e.g.'', the conversion of [[Ronald Reagan]] based in his friendship with his [[conservative]] father-in-law, Loyal Davis.[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921293,00.html]</ref>

:* A new friendship with someone who is conservative, and realizing how much good flows from the conservative values<ref>''See, e.g.'', the conversion of [[Ronald Reagan]] based in his friendship with his [[conservative]] father-in-law, Loyal Davis.[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921293,00.html]</ref>

:* 10%: simply by maturing and seeing liberalism's impact around them, and realizing what they were taught as youth was wrong

:* Simply by maturing and seeing liberalism's impact around them, and realizing what they were taught as youth was wrong

:* 5%: a desire to learn the truth, and a dislike for those who mislead

:* A desire to learn the truth, and a dislike for those who mislead

:* 5%: a genuine divine experience that can not be explained.

:* A genuine divine experience that can not be explained.

:* 5%: using conservative values to overcome an addiction, and then realizing the benefits of conservative values in many other ways

:* Using conservative values to overcome an addiction, and then realizing the benefits of conservative values in many other ways

:* 5%: taking a truthful course in [[economics]], or learning it in the workforce<ref>''See, e.g.'', the conversion of Nobel Laureate [[Ronald Coase]].</ref>

:* Taking a truthful course in [[economics]], or learning it in the workforce<ref>''See, e.g.'', the conversion of Nobel Laureate [[Ronald Coase]].</ref>

== Cultural indoctrination ==

== Cultural indoctrination ==