Thursday, January 10, 2013

What is the following statement saying about leftist economic beliefs?The political left was built on a view of human life that was partly true,...

The term "left" in politics can mean anything from people
who (in US terms) are moderate Democrats to people who are communists.  Therefore, the
left has many different parts.  One thing that does unite most of the left is the idea
that the government should help to improve society because society, on its own, will end
up setting up institutions and systems that hurt the people.  You can see this idea in
the statement you have given us.  The statement lists all these ways in which the
government is supposed to step in so as to improve society and improve people's
lives.


So, which of the four statements reflects this?  It
is clearly C.  B is clearly not right because the left advocates more government
intervention.  A is clearly not right because government intervention reduces individual
responsibility.  D could be true, but redistributing income and changing society to make
up for human nature does not sound very "cautious," does it?  For these reasons, C is
the best answer.

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