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> Frankly as a British conservative who grew up in the Reagan/Thatcher days I look at modern US Republicanism with a mix of bemusement and horror, but that's be
by Ancapistani 6y ago
> Frankly as a British conservative who grew up in the Reagan/Thatcher days I look at modern US Republicanism with a mix of bemusement and horror, but that's beside the point.
It may be beside the point, but it’s something shared by a lot of us “on the inside” as well.
I grew up surrounded by American conservatives and both US political parties seem like caricatures at this point.
- da39a3ee 6y agoI want to agree with your implication that US conservatism was better in the past, but then I remember that in 1988, under Reagan, after the United States shot down a passenger jet killing all 290 people on board, the United States never apologized or accepted wrongdoing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655