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minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThere is a difference between historical conservatism and what it has become. Even setting that aside, there is much daylight between what a movement will profess and what it will ultimately produce.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo, there really isn’t. True conservatism is an unbroken line from royalists, to confederates, to nazis, to Trump. It’s the allegedly small government, pro-freedom “conservatives” – i.e. self-deluded liberals who mislabeled themselves – who were the aberration.
There is a difference between historical conservatism and what it has become. Even setting that aside, there is much daylight between what a movement will profess and what it will ultimately produce.
No, there really isn’t. True conservatism is an unbroken line from royalists, to confederates, to nazis, to Trump.
It’s the allegedly small government, pro-freedom “conservatives” – i.e. self-deluded liberals who mislabeled themselves – who were the aberration.