Comment on How come liberals dont hate conservatives the way conservatives hate liberals
HubertManne@kbin.social 6 months agoI mean I would say it evolved from the thing starting in the 80's. Especially that nothing mattered but lowering taxes on the wealthy (since sometimes they push for "flat" taxes and a lot of what they do just moves the tax burden lower down). Pre 80's conservative ideology was not my cup of tea but had some merit. they used to be against deficits.
pjwestin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, it certainly developed over time from Regan-era conservatism. Conservative family values are inherently a rejection of modernity (Eco’s second property of fascism), and the party was already othering people of color and the queer community. The Bush era also did a lot of work priming conservatives for fascism with war propaganda, xenophobia, and equating dissent with treason. Trump brought the party into full-fledged fascism, but it had been stewing for a while before he arrived.
HubertManne@kbin.social 6 months ago
yeah they did not really outright embrace it till trump. what he says is terrifying.