• IronBird@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    why do we call it “conservative” again? not sure what they’re conservating at this point…

    • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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      8 days ago

      I’m Canadian, where the equivalent to the Republican party is called the Conservative Party of Canada under the guise that they are fiscally conservative.

      This is, of course, not the case but it’s the name they chose. It does lead to some confusion much like the National Socialist German Workers’ Party did.

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      7 days ago

      Existing hierarchies and power structures.

      If you can force yourself to view everything through that lens, the actions of conservatives make a lot of sense, as do the things that make them angry.