It starts with the foundational lie that the world was a better place in the past, then immediately segues to the grotequely destructive lie that if only they were given power, they could and wuold return the world to that fictional better era.
That immediately crashes into the simple fact that all of their actions actually serve to make the world worse. Every single thing they do brings more suffering to more people.
But that’s okay - they’re already lying, so they just lie more. And more and more and more.
The world was a better place in the past. For certain people. That’s a lie of omission.
The subtext is that if you’re “certain people”, the world would be made better for you by making it worse for “not certain people”. That’s another lie.
Which people though? Because even white people are better off now. It’s just the gap between races shrank, and racists hate seeing others succeed where they aren’t.
They view other races’ situations getting marginally better compared to theirs, as something that makes their life worse.
Of course.
Conservatism is nothing but lies.
It starts with the foundational lie that the world was a better place in the past, then immediately segues to the grotequely destructive lie that if only they were given power, they could and wuold return the world to that fictional better era.
That immediately crashes into the simple fact that all of their actions actually serve to make the world worse. Every single thing they do brings more suffering to more people.
But that’s okay - they’re already lying, so they just lie more. And more and more and more.
And that’s where the US is right now.
Wow, that’s an overly simplistic mischaracterisation.
Conservatism also includes racism, contempt and scams.
All of these are lies.
Racism is built on lies. Scams are built on lies. Contempt drives people to lie without fear of consequences.
The world was a better place in the past. For certain people. That’s a lie of omission.
The subtext is that if you’re “certain people”, the world would be made better for you by making it worse for “not certain people”. That’s another lie.
Which people though? Because even white people are better off now. It’s just the gap between races shrank, and racists hate seeing others succeed where they aren’t.
They view other races’ situations getting marginally better compared to theirs, as something that makes their life worse.
Valid point well made - thanks for that.
I’ll be folding that into future screeds. ;)
The modern concepts of conservative and liberal are born out of the French Revolution. Conservatives were the monarchists, and they still are.
It’s absurd that Trump watches Les Miserables at the Kennedy center when he’s politically aligned with the monarchists.
Explains why the French Revolution often feels romanticized.
They’re not talking about bringing us back to 1970s levels of unionized labor, CEO pay, or taxation though.
Oh no - of course not. They want late 19th century levels of robber baron wealth built on worker oppression, sickness, ignorance and death.