• BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 days ago

    I can get behind primaries pushing out the establishment and neo-liberals, but honestly if we don’t succeed in that you’ll find me hard pressed to vote blue no matter who.

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      8 days ago

      I’m guessing that’s because you think voting for a candidate supports them in more than one way?

      The first way that voting for a candidate supports them is that it helps them beat the opposing candidate, the R fascist. So you’re giving them the “better than actual Nazis” award, I’m sure you agree.

      But I’m guessing you think voting for a candidate gives them support in more ways than just that one?

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            8 days ago

            I’m just curious, where in the realm of conservatism is their views acceptable and not acceptable? I’m not confused but many people seem to give neo-liberals a free pass when that’s the ideology of Thatcher and Reagan. Becoming mainstream in the Democrat party while the Republican party tilted further into conservatism, especially after Gingrich said essentially no more compromise with Democrats.

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                  7 days ago

                  When it’s trying to conserve something good. For example, I’m learning the local Indigenous language because when it comes to Indigenous issues, I’m a conservative. I believe in preserving traditional culture. Language is part of that, I want to help keep the language alive. Earlier this week I learned how to perform a ceremony to talk to the Rainbow Serpent. And I’m a proponent of land back.

                  All of that is conservatism and it’s good.

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                    7 days ago

                    Conservation, that’s what you’re looking at. That’s not conservatism, conservatism is a political ideology that is about free markets and maintaining power structures that are have been or are in place. Of a ruling class over the working class to put it succinctly. There’s more to it than that and I REALLY recommend you read up on what conservatism really is and what neo-liberalism really is.

                    Conservationism does not equal to conservatism. It’s sounds like you’re confounding the two to be equal or part of one another and that’s not the case. You can be a conservationist and most political ideologies.