Former Republican Ethan Grey explains what Republicans really want
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. —Frank Wilhoit
Then much of progressivism is actually conservative, or at least very similar (social norms often replace law here).
Not sure progressives want to conserve the existing system. Like capitalism, identity politics?
I’m not saying progressives are conservatives in general, I’m saying that that definition of conservatism includes many progressives.
Can you explain more? I think I get what you mean, but I can’t think of examples.
The dynamic of “oppressed” and “privileged” groups contains elements of this, where the “oppressed” groups are protected and not bound, while the “privileged” groups are bound and not protected. Scare quotes are used primarily because some groups that I would say are oppressed are sometimes deemed privileged.
Yep, republicans hate Americans and want to control every aspect of our lives. They hate freedom, whenever they see anyone expressing their liberty in a way they themselves wouldn’t they want to ban it.
The same line of thought is quoted in a noteworthy article (archived) by Cory Doctorow.
This goes quite nicely with the post where I learned about Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Was that post related to politics? I find sovereign citizens fascinating.
Indeed, it was a post over on kbin titled “Nearly a quarter of Republicans say classified docs charges make them more likely to support Trump: poll” https://kbin.social/m/politics/t/160848
Republicans are for small government? What? Hahaha are they minarchists now? Lololol
