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[–] 121 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

Of course.

Conservatism is nothing but lies.

It starts with the foundational lie that the world was a better place in the past, then immediately segues to the grotequely destructive lie that if only they were given power, they could and wuold return the world to that fictional better era.

That immediately crashes into the simple fact that all of their actions actually serve to make the world worse. Every single thing they do brings more suffering to more people.

But that's okay - they're already lying, so they just lie more. And more and more and more.

And that's where the US is right now.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The world was a better place in the past. For certain people. That's a lie of omission.

    The subtext is that if you're "certain people", the world would be made better for you by making it worse for "not certain people". That's another lie.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Which people though? Because even white people are better off now. It's just the gap between races shrank, and racists hate seeing others succeed where they aren't.

    They view other races' situations getting marginally better compared to theirs, as something that makes their life worse.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The modern concepts of conservative and liberal are born out of the French Revolution. Conservatives were the monarchists, and they still are.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Conservatism is nothing but lies.

    Wow, that's an overly simplistic mischaracterisation.

    Conservatism also includes racism, contempt and scams.

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