• buzz86us@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I like the idea of conservatism, but not the way it is executed… Like why aren’t these people for conservation of the environment, or actually financially conservative? All I’m noticing is greed, and corporate corruption.

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      5 months ago

      Because by “conserve” they mean conserve the status quo.

      Rich people stay rich poor people stay poor and anyone who tries to change that is a commie.

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      5 months ago

      Conservatism has been those things many times and in many places. It’s traditionally moderate liberalism. Conservatism in the US today is regressivism wearing a conservative hat for branding. Were the Nazis socialists? No, but it was in their name. Are conservatives conservative? No, they’re authoritarian regressivists, because the goal isn’t to be conservative. It’s to be anti-progressive. But the conservative hat gives it recognizability and credibility.