• Revan343@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Conservatism is about favoring tradition and supporting the status quo.

    That’s just what Conservatism claims to be about, but it has always been regressive

    • nfh@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I think we agree that most self-identified conservatives aren’t actually very invested in the status quo or tradition, and are actually regressive reactionaries, but I think it’s a clearer point to say that most self-identified conservatives aren’t in fact conservative, than that conservatism isn’t actually what people (claim they) mean when they say conservative. At that point, conservatism loses its meaning.

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        3 months ago

        At that point, conservatism loses its meaning.

        Conservatism hasn’t lost its meaning, conservatism just never meant what conservatives claimed it meant; it’s always been a façade.

        Conservatism is about conserving (and reinforcing) power structures; all talk about ‘tradition’ and ‘stability’/‘status-quo’ is wool over your eyes.

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          3 months ago

          The status quo is white supremacy, patriarchy, gender norms, and capitalism. That is what they are conserving. Those are the traditions.