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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In liberal democracy, the status quo is liberalism. Conservatism was to conserve the monarchy and aristocracy.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] grue 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 5 points 2 months ago

What's the most confrontational way to respond to someone who agrees with you?

I think you dropped your writing prompt