• ElegantBiscuit@lemmy.world
    51·
    1 year ago

    This. Economics is a social science where every theory or opinion aims to achieve different varying desired outcomes for different people and in achieved in different ways, with spectrums for every step along the process. The entire field is on a spectrum, that also generally aligns with the political spectrum because politics, like economics, strives to achieve a certain outcome for a certain group of people, in a certain way. Trying to disentangle the field of economics from people. and the politics that people create, is a red flag for not actually knowing what economics is.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      61·
      1 year ago

      Ah, so it’s not that they’re conservative, it’s that they desire the same things conservatives want. But they’re totally apolitical, and it’s just a happy coincidence.

      • EhList@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        1 year ago

        The overwhelming majority are liberals. There aren’t many progressives but that’s different than there being a conservative bent.

              • EhList@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                1 year ago

                Unless you are one of those people that only learned political philosophy from the internet or are so Euro-centric/racist that you think the binary European democracies use for European democracies applies to all political ideologies, and it absolutely does not, then you would have to clarify what you mean by “conservative”. For example if you think both major parties in the USA are “conservative” then the above likely applies to you.

                • Apollo@sh.itjust.works
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Just because the two options you have to choose from are shit doesn’t mean they are still both shit - it is hilarious watching you Americans cry socialism about policies that in most of the civilised world would be considered right or centre-right.

                  Google the definition of conservative and tell me how that changes based on what country we are talking about.

                  " favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas."

                  I’d love you to try and convince me that neoliberalism doesn’t fit under the above.

                  • EhList@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    11·
                    1 year ago

                    You really need to take a second to ask yourself why you are using “the civilized world” to mean Western Europe because the history of that specific perspective is problematic and is the root of a ton of racism.

                    Conservative means different things in different societies. A conservative Iranian, Chinese mainlander, American and Austrian are going to have very different perspectives. If you have any education in political philosophy this would not need to be explained.