I'll use "progress" to refer to societal changes w/o saying good/bad -- but Mike gets at the other side of DSL's "both sides"-ism. What we think of as conservatives are not necessarily a fan of cultural progress while those on the Left are not necessarily fans of technological progress. I personally find the latter more perplexing as the notions of cheap food (GMOs) and cheap energy (oil/gas) seem like they should be universallly lauded. I mean, I think any country would take cheaper food and cheaper energy if offered. Not every country would take the cultural progress in the US and other certain countries.
But, whatever.
But, whatever.
To be fair, there is a rapidly growing faction on the Right that is also against GMOs, vaccines, food additives, and the like. I have never really noticed the Left to be anti-technology -- but the modern Left has more of a Star Trek-inspired science fiction view of what the world can look like. It's going to plunge us into catastrophe if it isn't stopped.
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