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[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 10 months ago

Small c, maybe. "Conservative" these day can actually mean "extremely reactionary".

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Reactionary in the sense of maintaining the status quo, would actually be a good thing under those circumstances! Although I'm very much economically left-wing, I try to recognise that. Makes me understand why the rich skew conservative, because obviously to them everything is already good.

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 10 months ago

"Reactionary" specifically means trying to go back to a (often imagined) previous state.

reactionary <-> conservative <-> progressive

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Okay, I'm used to people on here thinking it means "acting in reaction to something", e.g. bigotry.

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, I kind of wish there was another word for the idea, because it's a bit confusing. I think originally it was "in reaction to progress".

Big and small c conservative is sometimes used to make the distinction in commentary, with big C being the reactionary stances that are common in right-wing parties that call themselves "Conservative", but I don't think everyone gets that either.

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