They are 'the beautiful ones' (Mouse utopia experiment) in this world, they have no grasp of reality or of self preservation (usually why more right leaning keep their heads down, get the work done and speak their minds privately at home)

If a solar flare hit earth, emp'd the entire Earth, I'm relatively sure a lot of us here and all the conservatives would be able to manage, these guys, they'd be jumping off bridges because their cappuccino machine isn't working!