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In times like these it is important to recall the literal definition of "conservative" and recognize how such an approach hinders society's progress.
by uoaei 5y ago
In times like these it is important to recall the literal definition of "conservative" and recognize how such an approach hinders society's progress.
- mandelbrotwurst 5y agoThere are times when changing things up is an improvement as well as times when it's not.
- DubiousPusher 5y agoYeah, the oldest school of conservatives, the ones who saw industrialists as upstarts and who said, "don't chop down primeval forests to build factories do seem a little less absurd given where the biospbere is headed. Even if they mostly felt that way because industry threatened their power structure.
- h0l0cube 5y agoIt's no axiom that applications of conservatism hinder progress. For instance, being conservative towards something that presents an existential threat to humanity could be enabling of progress. I say this as someone who's predominantly 'liberal'