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>I think there’s a wide difference between “classical” conservatism of the likes of George H. W.; and the tea party/trump/nazi ideology soup. I think the first
by aphextron 9y ago
>I think there’s a wide difference between “classical” conservatism of the likes of George H. W.; and the tea party/trump/nazi ideology soup. I think the first kind is fine and welcome to an extent.
Precisely. We need conservatism. We need that part of our conscience which says "well, hold on a minute", or "hey we can't afford that" in order to function properly as a democracy. It's loss is a tragedy, and the corruption of those ideals over the past 30 years into what it has become is breaking our country.
- irhd 9y ago> We need conservatism I disagree at this point honestly. course all I've ever seen of american conservatism is the current republican party.
- pwinnski 9y agoThis seems like an instance of SV's bias toward the young biting SV in the collective butt. People who remember the 70s and 80s remember a different political environment.
- RickJWag 9y agoYes, true. When things seem overwhelming, I like to remind myself that in the 60s things seemed worse. (To me, the 80s and 90s were very good.)