TCS Daily - Stuck on 1968

TCS Daily - Stuck on 1968:

"The Conventional Wisdom among well-educated liberals in 1968 included the
following:

• Anti-Communism was a greater menace than Communism.
• The planet could not possibly support the population increases that would take
  place by the end of the twentieth century.
• Conservatives stood in the way of progress for minorities.
• Government programs were the best way to lift people out of poverty.
• What underdeveloped countries needed were large capital investments, financed by foreign aid from the rich countries.
• Inflation was a cost-push phenomenon, requiring government intervention in
  wage and price setting.

The degree of confidence in these beliefs was so strong that liberals in 1968 came to the overriding conclusion that: Anyone who is not a liberal must be incorrigibly stupid."