Are individuals fundamentally good or bad?
If 'good,' then the general populace is deemed fit to make its own decisions and rules, and more government control would only be met with resistance and problems.
If 'bad,' then laws must be in place to prevent fundamentally devious behavior that couldn't be stopped by will alone.
Neither can be proven, and it really doesn't matter who believes what, as there's an obvious justification for a person to feel the way they do.
What should be held to a higher standard is the ability for the general populace to believe and engage in debate with the freedom to think and speak; the ensured freedom of multiple views is more important in governance than promoting ideology.
It would only seem absurd to pretend to understand a society that you've never been to, been apart of, or are unable to comprehend.
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