Conservatism was always about conserving power, not traditions. It just happens to that some traditions actually align with their views, those that don't they just misinterpret.
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I don't even think most conservatives are even conservative. Most I talk to have now left values. I mean vote however you want, not your reasoning makes no sense.
Making a list, checking it twice. We all know who's been knobbing with ICE
And how quickly was that person banned from r/conservative?
This is why you have to carve a Swastika on their foreheads.
They do this to hedge their bets. Trump crashes out = "see, I never did like that guy" pointing at that post as they quietly burn all their MAGA gear. That and they're gearing up for Trump becoming the worst thing, yes way worse than a pedophile, that a Republican can be- unelectable. Bush in 2007 was, to the right, a strong leader in the war on terror and economic genius- in 2009 he was some nobody who painted. Reagan in (early) 1987 was the greatest president in US history according to the right- in 1989 they stopped pretending he wasn't a senile old actor.
100% this is what they are doing. My douchbag boss had GW’s picture on his office wall like he was our god damn dear leader. (We worked at a private company with no government contracts)
Shortly after GW’s policies crashed and burned and Obama took office he claimed he was a Libertarian and never supported GW.
The only consistent stance that most Republicans have is that are fucking hippocrates.
that sub is also only 3 approved accounts that are posting the majority of the content on that sub. adding a ton of unabated russian botting. most magats arnt even questioning trump, they sitll support him.
Where is everyone finding these people? I live in an overwhelmingly conservative area and family, and most of them just...don't care. Or just don't pay attention. My Mom told me it's socialist propaganda that the "cost of living is going up" because there's "enough socialism that everyone can get fed fine". shoot me.
My Mom told me it's socialist propaganda that the "cost of living is going up" because there's "enough socialism that everyone can get fed fine". shoot me.
What the... How!? How does ANY of that make sense?
They hear stuff from the Conservative Propaganda Machine, and they think it makes sense, because those people are good at making nonsense sound plausible.
But later, when they try to repeat the revelations that they had earlier, all they can do is spew some buzzwords and phrases, like Socialism Bad.
i have one person i know basically the same as your family. voted(or dint vote for) trump, because they listened to all these right wingers talk. they dont even follow the policies of trump or the white at all, just from heresay.
Is it just me or I always see conservatives having "lucid" moments where they see how terrible, corrupt and violent the maga regime is, but a few hours later, once they get hooked on fox again, they become a diehard supporter again.
Same thing with the subreddit. You see EVERYONE concerned about something the GOP is doing, but they never mention it again or acknowledge it again. Lucid moments where all the commenters seemingly revolt against the Republican party that suddenly fades without any lasting impact.
that is why the propaganda machine has to use culture wars, to prevent the lucidity of conservatives from actually realizing the truth.
I hear cults are a hard thing to part from. - Leah Remini probably
And when Trump doesn't give up power which causes a civil war, the MAGA chuds will pretend they never were MAGA.
doubtful, i think people are too complacent still, the maga crowd wont revolt because they dont do these things at all.
Jan 6 was a trial run
We need to post shit like this in conservative circles, get them second guessing everything.
Stuff like:
"Trump said he would deport the worse of the worse, why is he deporting my mexican laborers?"
They already know about all that. They cheered it on until their own labour was affected.
They don't give a fuck about your labour. They were probably illegals and you should go to jail. MY Mexicans did it the right way.
MAGA has never been conservative, the fact that folks are asking this now says much about the electorate
On the contrary: MAGA is the truest expression of conservatism the US has ever had.
Craving to be subjugated and ruled by a dictator is and always was what conservatism has been about, all the way back to literal monarchists Burke and de Maistre. Any other definitions about "conserving" or whatever are just lies they tell to bullshit their marks.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
That's MAGA.
MAGA was, and is, socially conservative to the point that they are willing to back a fascist to get their pet issues pushed through.
Not even that
Magats are just pro fascism, period. They WANT fascism because in their heads, a fascist government would support THEM and allow them to mistreat and attack those they dont like.
Now that they're finding out that a fascist government will just mistreat and attack everyone including them, they got buyers remorse
But make no mistake; given the chance, they would fuck everyone over. Magats are just narcissists with psychopathic tendencies.
Same goes for the far left unfortunately. Just look at them praising Putin in Russia, Xi in China and Kim in North Korea.
Extremism is bad no matter the shape
MAGA voted a notorious alduterer in office how is that socially conservative?
a rapist, and a racist too.
It turns out the actual values they were protecting the whole time was impunity for the privileged. It was never about anything else and now that we know that we should stop pretended otherwise. There's nothing good about social conservative values and we don't have to respect those values are the people who are advocating for them.
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The mouthpieces/apologists have realized they're going to end up in the history books right next to Trump if they don't pivot hard and loud.
Those are only the slightly intelligent ones. The rest are still convinced that they're winning.
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Only in America is it considered “conservative” to overturn years of laws and policies and to strive to return to the 1800 “gilded age” or whatever.
Anywhere else in the world, this is correctly described as regressive.
Only in America
Sadly this part isn't true. If you want to find a hateful regressive, you only need to look to the right-wing parties in many countries. Sure, there are a few regressives in the fringe left-wing parties too, but the political right has a far more mainstream problem, worldwide.
And it seems like a handful of the party faithful might be waking up to that fact.
Agreed. Conservatism is the pursuit of stagnancy.
When change needs to happen, for society, the main push from conservatism is to say "no". In a constantly changing world, where technology and economics are outpacing policy and law, the conservative position is denial. As human innovation accelerates more and more, conservatism becomes increasingly inappropriate and obsolete.
It's a problem.
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Conservatism is remarkably good at destroying things. Ironic.
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I've been seeing headlines like this for as long as Trump has been in politics. This is one Reddit poster, nothing to see here.
It's beginning to dawn on people, that when Trump during the campaign said one thing one day, and another the next, and they only heard what they like, that's not the one he ever planned to go with.
As a rule of thumb to people who know little about politics, done EVER vote for the flaming malignant narcissist. Chances are extremely slim it will end in anything good. And Trump was a very obvious flaming malignant narcissist way before the election in 2016.
It has been extremely entertaining to watch that sub recently.
There are signs of intelligent life in the comments, almost always followed up by some variant of "what's up, fellow conservative" where other users doubt the first's ~~conservativeness~~ conservativity because of too much critical thinking.
Many posts bemoan censorship by the "Democrat" party while their comment threads sit mostly empty, save for the few MAGA-friendly word vomits that the mods have allowed.
Someone should run an analysis looking at how many posts critical of Der Trumper have been allowed since the Iran war started. There used to be significant numbers of posts about Epstein supported by comments from folks who said they had pitchforks in their hands. It seemed like it might be the issue that broke MAGA. Once there was a military operation, it now appears they're all too transfixed to care about those ever-important principles anymore.
But who could have seen it coming? Well, anyone who has watched right-wing reactions at any point in the last 50 years. Nuclear levels of energy, followed by goldfish levels of memory, all further limited by ~~pet rock~~ Kid Rock levels of thought.
That sub has tipped the scale from "controversial but entertaining discussion" to "boring affirmations with simmering suspicion".
The very predictable results of heavy moderation
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The only thing these "conservatives" and their turd of a mascot were right about, is that bullets are a pain in the neck.
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