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Another head-scratcher from the link you shared: > ...the progressive default that change==good, never honoring tradition or asking why it often prevails. As

• esafak 1y ago
  It's not a default so much as a credo; you can't progress by not changing anything. Progressives believe that they change things for the better.
  • IncreasePosts 1y ago
    But it implies that progressives believe that any change is good, not that just some subset of change is good. I might be progressive but I don't think putting diesel in my petrol car will improve anything.
    • esafak 1y ago
      No, it does not. To repeat myself, they believe the changes they propose are good. Conservatives want to undo the perceived damage done by progressives.
      • IncreasePosts 1y ago
        "change==good" can be read as "change is good" or "change equals good". It doesn't say anything about "change I propose == good" Anyways, your definition is a bit silly - do you think conservatives, when they propose change(even if just to revert to an earlier system), don't think it's good?
        • esafak 1y ago
          Conservatives want to conserve the good order they believe they had. It is backward looking. They want things to be great again the way they were progressives ruined it. Good or bad is relative to your beliefs.
          • IncreasePosts 1y ago
            Do you think, when a conservative proposes rolling back a change a progressive made, the conservative views their proposal as "good"?
            • esafak 1y ago
              The conservative proposal to roll back the progressive change? OF course conservatives view that as good. It goes without saying. Conservatives speak the language of "preservation" and "restoration"; e.g., https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/rest...