Also they obviously something to contribute, next to Liberalism and Socialism, Conservatism is one of the biggest political traditions. Let's not be so stupid to assume that it's complete bullshit.

Conservatism protects traditional institutions, watches that change is not too fast and traditionally, also warns against too much destructering of traditional societal structures by the market. Maybe modern conservatives don't necessary do all of that, but it's a tradition that has earned itself.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Conservatives are the only people out here actively trying to erode democracy. They do not respect it, quite the opposite in fact.

As for actually conserving, they do very little of that as well. It's mainly bitching about change and holding back the world until their generation dies off, it's a net negative on the betterment of everyone on earth.

Just look at the harm it's done to causes such as climate change. We're running out of time as a society, there's no time to argue with them about if women should have basic human rights or if we should move towards a non-polluting lifestyle.

Maybe 3,000 years ago when the biggest change a generation had to worry about was your son a slightly different style of toga instead of what the last 10 generation of your family wore it had some value, but I haven't seen case for it since.