Comment on Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial

• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Conceptually, a conservative presence in American politics is a good thing

  Not really, no. The entire philosophy of conservatism is sticking to/going back to the old ways AKA standing in the way of progress. The US has plenty of THAT from the economic elite who want to keep calling the shots without politicians helping them.

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  • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which is why I said in its current form, not so much.

    Having a dissenting voice can at times help ensure whether or not you’re on the right track. That’s why I said_ conceptually_ it’s good, or at least it can be.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Which is why I said in its current form, not so much

      The current form isn’t even conservatism, it’s just full blown fascism.

      Having a dissenting voice can at times help ensure whether or not you’re on the right track.

      True in principle, but not when that dissenting voice drags you further in the wrong direction you were already heading, as is the case in a to party system where both parties are right of center and the one closest to the center is pathologically obsessed with compromise for the sake of compromise and the other one is ideologically opposed to ever compromising.

      That’s why I said conceptually it’s good, or at least it can be.

      I still disagree. The concept of an opposition party is good. The concept of a center right to right wing led party having an opposition party to the right and none to the left isn’t.

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      • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We’re completely in agreement, you just rephrased the point I was making.

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      • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We’re completely in agreement, you just rephrased the point I was making.

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