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Conservatism is Brain Damage (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

Conservatism is a distinct political ideology that basically says not all change is for the better, nothing more

Based on what? Conservatism's roots go back to royalists after the French Revolution. Conservatives were the American colonists who objected to the war of independence calling it treason against the crown. It's not about change in a general way, it's about resisting democratic movements and preserving autocratic rule.

It's possible to be conservative and liberal at the same time

Liberalism is an offshoot of Conservatism that favors empowerment of the economic elite and institutions over kings and politicians. It's economic totalitarianism instead of political totalitarianism. These become indistinguishable when the economic elite capture the body politic.

US republicans are fascists through and through that wear a disguise of conservatism

This is backwards. The disguise is the thing that turns conservatism info fascism. It's the dressing up of conservative totalitarianism with nationalism, religious fundamentalism, racism, and other forms of identitarianism.