Part I: How conservative arguments work and why they seem more powerful than they really are. Conservatism versus rationality
The terror of having to think
Common tendencies in conservative arguments
Part II: Brief replies to 25 conservative arguments. 1. Government is the problem, not the solution
2. Minimum wages and rent control are economically disastrous
3. Taxation is theft and/or slavery
4. Capitalism rewards innovation and gives people what they deserve
5. The United States is a force for good in the world
6. There's no such thing as white privilege
7. The left are woke totalitarians trying to destroy free speech in the name of "social justice"
8. Socialized medicine will kill your grandmother
9. Scandinavian social democracy won't work in the United States
10. The welfare state will lead us down the "road to serfdom"
11. The Nazis were socialists
12. Feminism hurts both men and women
13. Price gouging, child labor, and sweatshops are good
14. We don't need a green new deal
15. Academia is a radical indoctrination factory
16. There is a war on cops when we need to be tougher on crime
17. Labor unions hurt workers
18. Transgender people are delusional and a threat
20. There is a war on Christianity
21. We must respect the Constitution and the founding fathers
22. People should "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" and not need "handouts"
23. Immigration is harmful
25. Democracy is overrated
