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minus-squareSGforcelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agoIn liberal democracy, the status quo is liberalism. Conservatism was to conserve the monarchy and aristocracy.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoThere is a difference between historical conservatism and what it has become. Even setting that aside, there is much daylight between what a movement will profess and what it will ultimately produce.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoNo, there really isn’t. True conservatism is an unbroken line from royalists, to confederates, to nazis, to Trump. It’s the allegedly small government, pro-freedom “conservatives” – i.e. self-deluded liberals who mislabeled themselves – who were the aberration.
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoWhat’s the most confrontational way to respond to someone who agrees with you? I think you dropped your writing prompt
In liberal democracy, the status quo is liberalism. Conservatism was to conserve the monarchy and aristocracy.
There is a difference between historical conservatism and what it has become. Even setting that aside, there is much daylight between what a movement will profess and what it will ultimately produce.
No, there really isn’t. True conservatism is an unbroken line from royalists, to confederates, to nazis, to Trump.
It’s the allegedly small government, pro-freedom “conservatives” – i.e. self-deluded liberals who mislabeled themselves – who were the aberration.
What’s the most confrontational way to respond to someone who agrees with you?
I think you dropped your writing prompt