Smart Enough to Be Wrong

Smart Enough to Be Wrong by Lucio Saverio Eastman at Brownstone Institute I was raised in two wildly different households. One was leftist, liberal, and progressive. The other was right-wing, conservative, and merit-based. My observations and anecdotes don't come from a think tank or a poll. They come from decades of first-hand experience observing the archetypes, habits, mindsets, and personalities on both sides. I've experienced, up close, how the difference between entitlement and accountability plays out in real people's lives, including my own. Overall, progressives may seem very "smart" from the perspective of status quo credentialism. But they tend to lack experience where it matters most: history, economics, objectivity,...

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