Wait isn’t the point of Conservative, that they didn’t do anything? Like, they leave things be, right? Liberals change stuff and conservatives don’t do shit, or did I get that wrong?
The point of the branding yes, however the actual point of any right wing party in 2024 is not slowing change, but active regression.
Funnily, liberalism is the most politically aligned with not really doing anything, the whole philosophy more or less boils down to: we’re not gonna get in the way of whatever you’re up to as long as you’re not getting in the way of what someone else is up to.
The left-wing is where progressive change actually comes from, and often you’ll see resistance to actual progressive policy from both conservatives and liberals.
Yes, conservative has always meant right-wing from the very first use of the political “wing” terms. The conservatives sat on the right side of the room during the French Revolution.
That should be the point, but in modern politics (especially in the US, but also in much of the western world from what I can tell), the people calling themselves conservatives have tipped over into reactionary/fascist territory, and the liberals have rushed into the void they left and taken over the “No change/slow change” position.
Yeah, the forces actually fighting for positive change are usually labeled as progressives or leftists now, and we have little representation in many world governments at the moment (certainly very little in the US).
In modern times conservatives courted racists in the US with something called the southern strategy. This has lead all of them down the path to fascism.
Wait isn’t the point of Conservative, that they didn’t do anything? Like, they leave things be, right? Liberals change stuff and conservatives don’t do shit, or did I get that wrong?
The point of the branding yes, however the actual point of any right wing party in 2024 is not slowing change, but active regression.
Funnily, liberalism is the most politically aligned with not really doing anything, the whole philosophy more or less boils down to: we’re not gonna get in the way of whatever you’re up to as long as you’re not getting in the way of what someone else is up to.
The left-wing is where progressive change actually comes from, and often you’ll see resistance to actual progressive policy from both conservatives and liberals.
Wow there, is conservative now just automatically right wing? Didn’t know that… (very much non-american here)
Yes, conservative has always meant right-wing from the very first use of the political “wing” terms. The conservatives sat on the right side of the room during the French Revolution.
That should be the point, but in modern politics (especially in the US, but also in much of the western world from what I can tell), the people calling themselves conservatives have tipped over into reactionary/fascist territory, and the liberals have rushed into the void they left and taken over the “No change/slow change” position.
Oh no. Do liberals are just gone now? Or does America now just consist of right-wingers, slow change people and left-extremists (ay that’s me)?
Yeah, the forces actually fighting for positive change are usually labeled as progressives or leftists now, and we have little representation in many world governments at the moment (certainly very little in the US).
It’s genius because now everyone is right wing
Originally they were trying to conserve the monarchy as democracy swept through Europe. Here’s a video that goes into more detail.
In modern times conservatives courted racists in the US with something called the southern strategy. This has lead all of them down the path to fascism.
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