A interesting and thought-provoking lecture.
I thought the guy made a number of excellent points. He did almost lose me at one point when he brought up Bush and "if you're not with us, you're against us." The statement itself may be crude political rhetoric, but one central duty the government does have is the duty to protect us from those who would harm us. Now, Al Qaida may think they're right. Well, the Japanese and Nazis also thought that in World War Two. In some ways this "yin yang" concept doesn't really translate too well into international politics.
But it is grist for the grill of the political differences between liberals and conservatives.
While I have my own reaction to how he describes conservatism, his version is one that has held sway for a long time.
And I no longer believe that today's "liberals" are interested in those at the bottom, and allowing them to "break free of oppression," but then again, that idea is one that has historically proven true.
It does sem however, it's likely necessary to have some oppossing forces in society, lest one get too powerful and carry us all off to some wild extreme of chaos or fascism .....
