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This hooks in to something I've been thinking about lately, mostly from listening to some of the radical right ranting about how global warming, energy conservation, and so on are just liberal plots. Not looking to argue about that here: I'm just confused. I always thought that it was supposed to be the "liberals" who were the extravagant types; who wanted to expend resources (especially, but not limited to, other people's money) on their vision of a better world. Conservatives, OTOH, were supposed to believe in old-fashioned virtues like "a penny saved is a penny earned", and "make it do, or do without". Now it seems as though I've just looked away for a few minutes, and everything's changed: conservation & frugality are liberal plots, while red-blooded Americans are supposed to waste to show their manhood. What happened? Did I fall into a wormhole and come out in an alternate universe?
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