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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Thus, conservatism and neoliberalism are, in reality, the radical agenda...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Others here have explained the political meaning of "conservatism". I think maybe you conflated that word with conservationism. They are definitely not the same thing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yep, I was about to make the same comment. While they share the the same root "conserve," they absolutely don't share the same meaning. I've met plenty of liberal conservationists, as well as some conservative conservationists. Folks who love and enjoy nature as it is want to conserve and protect it from the encroachment of people and industry. A lot of the conservative conservationists I know are hunters that at least talk about sustainability, unlike other conservatives I'm forced to be around. I don't understand how they can deal with the cognitive dissonance of wanting to protect wildlife while supporting the party of climate change denial, but I suppose that people are complex animals.

OP's shower thought is reductive and depends on a semantic misunderstanding. To be fair to OP, that's how many shower thoughts are.