re: Or it may be a source of strength
One has to look past the politics and see the objective realities, and neither side excels at this.
Sometimes, especially with human affairs, there is no objective reality available to predict the outcome of an experiment. That's why it's an experiment. Sometimes you just have to try something and take your chances. The only real objective reality in social experiments is the outcome. That you can judge. People of a conservative persuasion are less likely to accept the risk of experimentation than those of a liberal persuasion. Neither side is right or wrong; like I said, we need both for rough balance.