You are saying this to the wrong people. We are reactionaries. Think back to the beginning of DC and the change in people's perception of the world.
I literally used to us DCF to talk me down off the Zero Ledge but now-a-days its scarier in here.
Not because any of use changed our principles, but because we are being shown a world that has clearly changed theirs.
The loss of the Greatest Generation can not be understated.
Just consider how much harder it is to argue a libertarian perspective in today’s world. You are immediately a racist if you say the founding fathers are heros or were enlightened.