• Frog-Brawler
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    91 year ago

    We cannot keep calling them “conservative.” Abolishing standards has nothing to do with conservatism.

    • @scutiger
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      191 year ago

      They are the opposite of progressives. They are regressives.

      • Neon
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        31 year ago

        The correct Term would be “reactionary”

        • @scutiger
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          51 year ago

          Sort of, but they’re working so hard to undo progress that has already been made. They’re not just opposed to new things, they’re actively working to make things worse.

    • chaogomu
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      71 year ago

      Conservatism has never been about conserving “things”, it’s always been about conserving power.

      That’s what conservatism has stood for since its inception. The conservation of power by the rich elites. A conservative voter is basically a monarchist.

      Almost literally, as conservatism as an ideology was created as a backlash to the French Revolution, except instead of worshiping bloodlines, it worships wealth. Which is often the same thing, but is slightly more open to new wealth joining the cause, and then that new wealth helping to keep everyone else poor.

    • @goombakid
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      21 year ago

      Instead of calling them the Grand Old Party (GOP), can we just call them for what they are, the Fascist American Party (FAP)?