why are conservatives so sure that they their ideas are right? and joes who dont...

[oscarv]

...have sh!t follow them? joes who cant afford crap and they will die without democratic polices so persistant that their conservative ideas will work? where does this strong conviction come from?

 

[Jentmeconservatmve]

You do mean average joes right? Well there are average joe conservatives as well.

 

[PhilMcGroyen]

5000 years of written human history, and human nature itself, backs conservatism.

 

[Jenny]

Well, I'm not wealthy but growing up in a Communist country taught me that socialist systems do not work.

 

[Vince]

Two can play that game. Conservatives are convinced they are right, liberals are convinced they are right.

 

[kar]

That's rich, coming from a liberal.
The Conservative ideals have been proven to work. Conservative ideals are the ones that put the USA on the map. It's the liberal ones that are unproven.