Must Be Another Example of that Invisible Hand of the Market!

[abaris]

To facilitate this conservatism encourages that narcissistic but idiotic exceptionalism mentality which allows one to reflexively deem those not like oneself to be more flawed than oneself.

I'm not thinking about exceptionalism, I'm thinking about making as much money as possible by any means possible as the ultimate value. And that's not even a new phenomenon. Robber barons like Andrew Carnegy, who is ultimately responsible for a factory massacre, are presented as role models. So human life and wellbeing come second when there's a dime to be made and it manifests in the conservative disregard for the poor and needy. The belief that everything in life is a commodity. Kind of a Ferengi culture, if you so wish.

That's what makes me concerned, since there are certain powers in Europe, who have wet dreams about doing the same.