They’re called conservatives because they should all be in conservatorships. That being the case, I think they should be called asylumists.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Conservatives only know how to do one thing while governing which is to close their eyes, press the gas pedal and dare the road to swerve as the charge ahead with no clue what is going to happen.
Ironic we call them “conservatives”.
spacegoat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
conservatives don’t conserve anything. the word comes from “con-serva” which is latin and means with-slaves. what that means is that they were historically the pro-slavery party.
Tetragrade@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
There could be scary things out there in the dark, best not to see them.
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The only thing “conservatives” ever conserve, ever have conserved, or ever intended to conserve, is hierarchical power. Conservatism only happens to line up with “preserving that which currently exists” in the sense that, when conservatism was initially developed, the system that currently existed was monarchy.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It’s mind boggling how many people don’t know the origins of modern conservatism. The nobles that escaped having their heads chopped off with the king in France formed a political party to conserve the old hierarchical system to retain control of the country. From the start they are only motivated by power. If you ever wondered why they don’t really have any values or moral compass, that is the answer.