A fine balancing act

Recently a friend asked if I was conservative when it came to politics. I denied this but it made me think. I think some people just want change for the sake of change and so that people will view them as progressive. I think this is a dangerous mindset because good politics is a fine balancing act between conserving what works well and reforming for the general benefit of all. This takes discernment and wisdom, qualities which is greatly desired in our present day politicians. We only have to look to the foolishness of Glasgow city council in the 1960’s when they pulled down many beautiful Victorian buildings and erected blocks of concrete in their place. This was all done in the name of progress. Thankfully there remains many building of impressive architecture in Glasgow but still significant damage was done by these politician who wanted to be hailed as visionaries and men of reform. Ego can often blind people and the politicians who could not see the value of conserving Glasgow’s beautiful architecture must indeed have been blind.