• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    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.

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      1 year ago

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

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              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.

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                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.

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                  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.

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                    1 year ago

                    Actually, you are the one who assumed civilised was a dog whistle - how very problematic of you.