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Society didn't use to be "conservative". Like, the romans and the greeks were a lot more sexually free than we are right now. What they also had in their time i
by satao 4y ago
Society didn't use to be "conservative". Like, the romans and the greeks were a lot more sexually free than we are right now. What they also had in their time is conservative people, as in, people that were against the changes in the society they were living in (like accepting Christianism during the Roman Empire, etc).
Being conservative can't be counter-culture because by definition it is preseving the CURRENT culture (which is not the "woke" one, even if boomers like to think different. All the people with power are conservatives). Being downvoted in HN doesn't mean anything, same as Twitter and Reddit. You can be "cancelled" in Twitter and still sell out the Madison Square Garden, like Louis CK. The real power is outside the social media, and that part is definitely conservative.
- gbN025tt2Z1E2E4 4y ago> Like, the romans and the greeks were a lot more sexually free than we are right now. I wouldn't recommend using collapsed civilizations as the beacon for what's good and right for a healthy and well-functioning society.
- satao 4y agoI didn’t use any adjectives to describe their society. Only commented that you can’t think that “conservatism” is always about believing in God, in monogamy, etc.
- Ancapistani 4y agoGiven that no human society seems to last forever, that sounds like a good way to run out of acceptable ways to build one.
- zozbot234 4y ago> Like, the romans and the greeks were a lot more sexually free than we are right now. Not really, unless maybe we count their elites' exploitation of enslaved folks as a kind of "sexual freedom" but that's not something we would ever want to endorse. We know from ancient sources that their sexual behavior was highly constrained otherwise, and people who transgressed prevailing norms were widely seen as weak and lacking in self-control.