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Conservatism is Brain Damage (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by alphanerd4 to c/usauthoritarianism

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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 72 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Rich people *get even richer and poor people *become even more poor.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 11 points 7 months ago

The status quo can include trends, it doesn't necessarily mean a static state. "If the status quo is me getting [richer, more powerful, more control], then that's the one I want."

[–] stormeuh 5 points 7 months ago

I.e. conservation of momentum not velocity