Generally, the conservatives trying to “go back in time” are just returning to what they know. Either they lived in a time like that (because so many politicians these days are fucking geriatric), or the household they grew up in was structured that way.
Yes, there are a decent number of malicious fucks and grifters, too, but I like to give groups the benefit of the doubt. They’re too lead-poisoned to know any better.
Because conservatism as an ideology involves doing nothing and assuming you will remain the best.
Incremental improvement is literally the entire basis of education, that’s how you learn. Once you get into that cycle, it’s just fuckin’ obvious.
That’s a very optimistic view of conservatism. They don’t want to stay the same, they want to go back in time.
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Generally, the conservatives trying to “go back in time” are just returning to what they know. Either they lived in a time like that (because so many politicians these days are fucking geriatric), or the household they grew up in was structured that way.
Yes, there are a decent number of malicious fucks and grifters, too, but I like to give groups the benefit of the doubt. They’re too lead-poisoned to know any better.