[-] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 2 months ago

@Zombiepirate

Conservatism existed before Leftism. Any borrowing is the other way.

Leftism is inherently revolutionary. You recall the origins of the term?

[-] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 2 months ago

@Zombiepirate

I disagree. Conservatives naturally favor organic methods like common law, free markets, culture, and hierarchy.

As far as work to the same ends, I think you have it backwards. Fascism is a hybrid. It borrows some goals and methods from both Left and Right.

[-] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 2 months ago

@Zombiepirate

The most conservative society:

* Absolute monarchy
* Ethno-nationalist
* Free market based
* Caste system
* Culture/religion united

Like anything else, there are degrees of conservatism.

Some conservatives, like GWB, are barely conservative.

[-] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 5 months ago

@realcaseyrollins @LookBehindYouNowAndThen

A couple more links:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egalitarianism/

https://iep.utm.edu/egalitarianism/

These are about the philosophy, but you can see the divisions in Leftism from classical liberal through Communism play out in these arguments.

[-] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 5 months ago

@truthbait @glimse @realcaseyrollins

Quite possibly true; I have enjoyed Mr Bokhari's writings on other topics so that would fit.

[-] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 5 months ago

@realcaseyrollins @glimse

I socialize with a lot of Leftists. At this point, Right and Left exist in different worlds.

Choice of media, choice of story of the day (the thing everyone talks about), vocabulary... it's all different.

So there are things that are not strictly "true" which are taken as fact because they are needed to keep up these political tribal identities.

It's odd and unnerving but I think only when the two sides are BOTH extremist do we get actual options.

[-] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 6 months ago

@realcaseyrollins @LookBehindYouNowAndThen

That must have been quite a shock, but it's not against conventional wisdom.

People on addictive drugs have their lives collapse and end up living under a bridge.

This is why we used to call the homeless "winos," because they were basically sad broken alcoholics.

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