"[People] think if the big guys cheat in big ways, they might as well begin cheating in small ways. And when they think the game is rigged, they're easy prey for political demagogues with fast tongues and dumb ideas.
- Robert Reich, Beyond Outrage, 2012
In Beyond Outrage Reich also pointed out that "Conservatives" don't conserve much. He wrote they are regressives who want to return to a time when very few were very, very well-off and most had to struggle to make a living, often in dangerous, unhealthy conditions.
He didn't spell it out in detail but "conservatives" sure don't want to conserve resources, clean air, or even a well-functioning government. "Conservatives" are certainly "liberal" in interpreting the Constitution to their ends, "liberal" at "throwing money" at the military, and "liberal" in awarding generous compensation to those at the top of large corporations, even those who really screw up the company.
