So that is what conservatism is about?
I am sorry to inform you that there isn’t a conservative party in any country on this planet.
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zxqwas@lemmy.world 2 months agoIn what meaning of the word? They seem to not favour small government and deregulated economy.
tortina_original@lemmy.world 2 months ago
WereHacker@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It’s because tankie means anything the person who uses the word doesn’t like about leftists.
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
I wouldn’t view small government as conservative tbh, but I’m not from the US.
Ultimately it’s a relative term, relative to the status quo. Wikipedia defines it as
Seems the word tankies is used for authoritarian socialists/communists. I personally would view authoritarianism as a rather conservative thing.