They most certainly are conservatives
Just because we might know more moderate ones in our lives and thus be reluctant to lump them in with the extremists by using the same term doesn’t mean they’re not still conservative
Conservatism is garbage and these shits are a great example as to why
The point is the conservative political ideology is against significant change in society. The current GOP wants radical and regressive changes. Aside from fascist, they should probably be more accurately called reactionary or regressive
They’re only regressive to us. They’re still trying to conserve the Confederacy and white supremacy.
From that point of view, letting dark skinned people and women vote is radical and the 1950s are recent enough they have every intention of conserving its values.
To put it another way, conservative in the U.S. is a synonym for MAGA because blacks not being able to vote is the good old days.
And there’s no such thing as a moderate conservative, unless you believe supporting white supremacy can be a moderate position in 2023.
The conservative political ideology has always been reactionarily preserving the status quo of power and control. The current GOP’s regressive behavior is a natural outflowing of that. They want a return to a time that never existed, that they only perceived as privileged children. Where people like themselves were perceived to have control and power. And they will gladly destroy every last vestige of that actual era. To empower anyone that promises to deliver the fantasy.
The point is the conservative political ideology is against significant change in society.
No it isn’t; that’s just what they tell people in order to pretend there’s any redeeming quality to it.
In actuality, the conservative political ideology is in support of hierarchical autocratic power, and they are perfectly happy to make significant changes moving society in that direction.
Conservatism as a concept isn’t inherently garbage. These people aren’t just conservatives though. They are fascists.
Conservatism as a concept isn’t inherently garbage.
Nothing good in history has ever come from conservatism. Nothing at all.
Left unchecked, conservatism always devolves into an oppressive government.
These truisms have been proven time and time again throughout history. Conservatism is definitely trash. It is harmful and has no place in a modern society.
The EPA was a Conservative idea. The Space Race was begun by absolute maniac hardliner conservatives. Ending political Patronage was originally a conservative idea (Pendleton was pro-confederacy and fought against the 13th amendment!)
It’s more accurate to say conservatives ran out of ideas around 1970 and anything good they’ve done since then has largely been on accident.
