i know that this is contrary to what a lot of "experts" will tell you, but you just have to look at desired outcomes to understand the difference. it's not a left-right thing, either.....well, i guess it is on the authoritarian axis, but that places the colloquial liberal on the right of the axis.

what do you want? do you want an ordered society, where people are deferential to authority and call it in to solve every single problem for them? then, listen to the "experts". that's what their advice is designed to create. but, realize that it makes you intellectually and emotionally dependent on a system of hierarchy that places you at the very bottom of it.

on the other hand, if you want a society of independent-minded, free-thinking people that don't need or want authority and desire to take matters into their own hands, then you should follow my advice.