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Wanting to keep things they way they are or go back to the way they once were is a conservative cause. Otoh, progressives pushing to allow change are motivated

• phendrenad2 6y ago
  That assumes a liberal policy has never been passed. Wanting to keep a liberal policy in place obviously isn't conservative. Seems obvious, but point is, we can't work backwards and say that if someone wants to keep something the same, that thing must be conservative. Of course, this assumes that we're talking about the usual political definitions of "conservative" vs "liberal", which more or less correspond to "right" and "left". If we're talking about "conservative" meaning "wants to status quo", then it gets really useless because the alternative is "wants to keep changing things", which isn't a political archetype that exists in reality.
  • cheriot 6y ago
    > Wanting to keep a liberal policy in place obviously isn't conservative. Prohibiting development was originally a progressive position because redevelopment policies were being used to displace poor and brown communities. Now people want to keep those prohibitions in place because they function as a way to keep neighborhoods exclusive and generally keep things the way they are. So defending them has become a conservative position. > the alternative is "wants to keep changing things", which isn't a political archetype that exists in reality. Progressive is about progress and "wants to keep changing" is the whole point. From voting rights to civil rights to economic opportunity, being progressive means demanding change. The American republic is 245 years old and still has a long way to go to live up to its ideals.