The following use of the words conservative and liberal refers to the previously given definitions for those words. Both major political parties are thought to be an eclectic mix of liberal, conservative, dysfunctional and punishing ideas.
Today, a conservative approach to building Utopia is probably necessary because people are afraid of sudden changes. People fear change will result in expanded government spending and regulation. With our government debt over 9 trillion dollars, who can blame them?
A conservative approach to building Utopia:
1.) Identify national problems.
2.) Fix each problem without incurring further expense.
The suppositions are:
1.) Reducing defects leads to perfection.
2.) Utopia is perfection.
As an example of how this approach worked, consider the evolution of the television. In 1950, televisions had no transistors. Vacuum tubes were the technology of that era. The televisions were hand wired. The wiring on the bottom looked like a dish of spaghetti. The printed circuit board was developed. This replaced the wiring. The televisions became more reliable and cheaper to make. The cost reductions and reliability improvements were passed on to the consumer. Transistors and IC’s were integrated over the years to further improve reliability and cost.
Understand that this approach was possible because of the free market and capitalism. Understand too, that government is currently a monopoly.
If the conservative approach worked for American industry, then it should also work for the American government.
The problems are plausibly identified by:
1) Asking the people what is wrong in their lives.
2) Asking people what is wrong with the laws.
3) Asking the people what is wrong with government programs.
4) Asking the government employees what improvements need to be made.
5) Asking the elected what is wrong with America.
Note that #1-4 are not currently used. When has government asked you about your problems in government? Where is the on-line database of the answers/data?
The political parties send you questionnaires.. However these questionnaires are designed to get your contributions. They are not worded fairly, nor are they complete. Dissect one of these political questionnaires in a class on logical fallacies and the whole class laughs at the broken logic. One to Four above are not currently done. One to Four above ALL need to be done to produce better (more Utopian) government.
The problems should be fixed by:
1.) Research.
2.) Communication.
3.) Planning.
4.) Study of cost effectiveness.
5.) Study of what is fair and just.
6.) Study of all options.
7.) The application of policy that favors all people.
Currently, problems seemed to be resolved by a determination of how many votes will be gained.
Washington must improve if America is to improve.