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Your alternative hypothesis is itself conservatism. Blocking change is to support the endurance of the status quo. They may not think it is by their ideals, but
by Tao3300 3y ago
Your alternative hypothesis is itself conservatism. Blocking change is to support the endurance of the status quo. They may not think it is by their ideals, but do it enough times and the actions speak.
- nvm0n2 3y agoPerhaps, yes. At some point it becomes an argument over words: is it conservative if you're so radical no proposal is considered good enough, so you default to rejecting everything? Is there even such a thing as radical conservatism or is that a contradiction?
- Tao3300 3y agoI wouldn't say exactly that, rather that a refusal to compromise ultimately results in choosing the status quo, and is therefore an effectively conservative choice. The words all mean the same things, it's the choices that are contradictory.