A Selfish Society Will Not Survive

Alan Stewart Carl takes issue with a Wall Street Journal op-ed which predicts the end of Western civilization and blames liberal ideology, welfare state, and declining birthrates. The moderate blogger opines: "There are good reasons why Steyn goes after liberals. Liberalism, in its modern form, is a sickly ideology, hollowed out by the cancer of Marxism and left toothless by the decay of pacifism. But what has truly sent this once noble ideology to its deathbed is the same wasting illness that also infects conservatism: selfishness. Just as liberals seem incapable of comprehending why it’s necessary to sacrifice on the battlefield, many conservatives seem incapable of sacrificing on the home front, preferring pork barrel spending and power games over making hard choices."