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Because the institutions have been rotted out by liberal insanity. Conservatives have no reason to conserve institutions that exist only to attack conservative

by jtbayly 10mo ago

Because the institutions have been rotted out by liberal insanity. Conservatives have no reason to conserve institutions that exist only to attack conservative ideals.

techblueberry 10mo ago
Tell me how you really feel! I think I would make a different argument, that folks on the left or center-left are now conservative, and folks on the right are now sort of reactionary or maybe even anarchic(David Brooks said “Nohilistic” in this piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/rufo-yarvin-trump-nihilism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/rufo-yarvin-trump...). Which gets to a weird point because you can’t create new institutions with nihilism (Christopher Rufo has said has much) Also “rotted out” is an interesting verb. They seem stronger than ever! Wasn’t that the problem? If they were rotted out you wouldn’t need to destroy them. Also, I think I would absolutely say they do more than attack conservative ideals, partially because - what are conservatives ideals? I don’t think anyone on the right is aligned as to what those might be, if even a significant number of people on the right define themselves as conservatice - and again to use the word conservative here is interesting when many on the right aren’t seeking to conserve, do you mean right leaning ideals, Christian ideals? I describe myself as culturally conservative and I think there may be less of left in the right these days than the left(not saying there are a ton there either)
msie 10mo ago
Oh, brother. Do you have any proof or are you parroting MAGA talking points? What ideals are you talking about? Conservative ideals have definitely shifted to the far right. I remember the Tea Party was at odds with other conservatives in the GOP and then they took over.

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Because the institutions have been rotted out by liberal insanity. Conservatives have no reason to conserve institutions that exist only to attack conservative

by jtbayly 10mo ago

Because the institutions have been rotted out by liberal insanity. Conservatives have no reason to conserve institutions that exist only to attack conservative ideals.

techblueberry 10mo ago
Tell me how you really feel! I think I would make a different argument, that folks on the left or center-left are now conservative, and folks on the right are now sort of reactionary or maybe even anarchic(David Brooks said “Nohilistic” in this piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/rufo-yarvin-trump-nihilism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/rufo-yarvin-trump...). Which gets to a weird point because you can’t create new institutions with nihilism (Christopher Rufo has said has much) Also “rotted out” is an interesting verb. They seem stronger than ever! Wasn’t that the problem? If they were rotted out you wouldn’t need to destroy them. Also, I think I would absolutely say they do more than attack conservative ideals, partially because - what are conservatives ideals? I don’t think anyone on the right is aligned as to what those might be, if even a significant number of people on the right define themselves as conservatice - and again to use the word conservative here is interesting when many on the right aren’t seeking to conserve, do you mean right leaning ideals, Christian ideals? I describe myself as culturally conservative and I think there may be less of left in the right these days than the left(not saying there are a ton there either)
msie 10mo ago
Oh, brother. Do you have any proof or are you parroting MAGA talking points? What ideals are you talking about? Conservative ideals have definitely shifted to the far right. I remember the Tea Party was at odds with other conservatives in the GOP and then they took over.