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Other researchers have concluded that the number of strident conservatives in the U.S. far exceeds the number of strident progressives and that American conserv

by dfxm12 5y ago

Other researchers have concluded that the number of strident conservatives in the U.S. far exceeds the number of strident progressives and that American conservatives express more authoritarian attitudes than their counterparts in Britain, Australia, or Canada. At least in the context of the U.S., progressivism is small enough and has little enough political power that it can be overlooked, so any subsets of this group are easily overlooked as well. On the flip side, conservative authoritarians have reached the highest political offices, so that is not only hard to overlook but also quite easy to notice.

chuckee 5y ago
> in the context of the U.S., progressivism is small enough and has little enough political power that it can be overlooked On the other hand, Coca-Cola had training urging workers to be less white [1], the US Army lectured soldiers on white privilege [2], the most allegedly xenophobic US president didn't put a dent in legal immigration numbers [3], academia is not only overwhelmingly liberal, but also openly hostile to conservatives [4], and the University of California required (or still requires?) specific plans to advance diversity from job applicants [5]. You are correct that if you measure progressivism by e.g. worker's rights, universal healthcare, or stopping the military-industrial complex, it has been an utter failure. And if your imagined conservative is someone that is opposed to these things, they will appear very powerful. But if you pick a different test by which you measure, you get very different results. [1] https://nypost.com/2021/02/23/coca-cola-diversity-training-urged-workers-to-be-less-white/ https://nypost.com/2021/02/23/coca-cola-diversity-training-u... [2] https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-us-army-indoctrinated-soldiers-on-dangers-of-white-privilege/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-... [3] https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/table1 https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/tab... [4] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/study_liberaltoconservative_faculty_ratio_in_academia_will_blow_your_mind.html https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/study_liberalto... [5] https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diversity-initiative-berkeley/ https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diver...

by dfxm12 5y ago

chuckee 5y ago

> in the context of the U.S., progressivism is small enough and has little enough political power that it can be overlooked On the other hand, Coca-Cola had training urging workers to be less white [1], the US Army lectured soldiers on white privilege [2], the most allegedly xenophobic US president didn't put a dent in legal immigration numbers [3], academia is not only overwhelmingly liberal, but also openly hostile to conservatives [4], and the University of California required (or still requires?) specific plans to advance diversity from job applicants [5]. You are correct that if you measure progressivism by e.g. worker's rights, universal healthcare, or stopping the military-industrial complex, it has been an utter failure. And if your imagined conservative is someone that is opposed to these things, they will appear very powerful. But if you pick a different test by which you measure, you get very different results. [1] https://nypost.com/2021/02/23/coca-cola-diversity-training-urged-workers-to-be-less-white/ https://nypost.com/2021/02/23/coca-cola-diversity-training-u... [2] https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-us-army-indoctrinated-soldiers-on-dangers-of-white-privilege/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-... [3] https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/table1 https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/tab... [4] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/study_liberaltoconservative_faculty_ratio_in_academia_will_blow_your_mind.html https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/02/study_liberalto... [5] https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diversity-initiative-berkeley/ https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diver...