That profound difference defines the conflict between the visions of classical liberalism and progressive collectivism (as Thomas Sowell wrote about in A Conflict of Visions). To help people is to accept them as they are, to understand that we are imperfect, flawed beings who are capable of extraordinary goodness, as well as unfathomable evil.
To help people is to accept that human nature exists, that our human nature is one of the givens of life, and that what any particular person needs is unique to them.
To fix people is to hold an ideal vision of how they should be. It is to reject the concept of human nature, and to hold a stance of rebellion toward a significant piece of reality. To fix people is to believe that you can fundamentally change who they are, and how they live their lives.
This is one reason why there is so little understanding between those who value a collectivist vision and those who value individual liberty. They hold fundamentally incompatible visions.
Joel Wade, Daily Bell
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