Conservatism is inherently a losing philosophy. It's accepting the liberal mindset of "We're on the right side of history!" at face value and responding with "OK but can we just slow down a bit?"
That would be inherently self defeating to Conservative ideology.
Conservatism isn't meant and was never meant to prevent progressiveness and maintain the status quo at all costs. That's shitty lefty doublespeak as usual. Conservatism inherently does not have a path "Forward" only a foundation upon which to erect should the country need a fallback.
The point for Conservatism was to allow progressive change to society GRADUALLY and carefully monitored to prevent a shit show.
I disagree with your "point of convervatism". That's more liberal doublespeak again. Much of the change that "liberals" push for are negative, period. There's no gradual about it. Conservatives didn't have apprehension and wanted to slow down change, they simply didn't want the change but slowing it down was all they might have been able to accomplish. Liberals thus push the concept that the change was inevitable but much of what has changed is not inevitable and we can change it all again to be exactly what we want not what liberals propose is an inevitability.
For example, there's nothing to stop us from banning women from working or relegating them to nothing more than property of men. There's nothing inevitable about modern feminism. We can do away with it for good and call the patriarchy, progress.
I mean you can disagree with it all you want, I am correct. Conservatism has never been opposed to change, just that change is promoted gradually and tested within the confines of the existing society. You can look up the mission statement of any historical Conservative movements ideological definitions and you'll see this. (Excluding pure Evangelical theocrats masquerading as Conservatives such as the "Freedom party")
Liberals thus push the concept that the change was inevitable but much of what has changed is not inevitable and we can change it all again to be exactly what we want not what liberals propose is an inevitability.
Except history itself has shown that they are in fact correct in that one avenue. The United States never would have been founded without progressive change and shift away from a Theocractic Monarchy that was Great Britain. Change IS in fact inevitable and the earliest Conservatives thought very pragmatically about this. Knowing society will change, it's best to try and control the vector and speed of change rather than prevent it entirely.
Now here's the kicker on how fucked up "Horseshoe" Theory really is, ready?
For example, there's nothing to stop us from banning women from working or relegating them to nothing more than property of men. There's nothing inevitable about modern feminism. We can do away with it for good and call the patriarchy, progress.
You are absolutely correct! However, you and I would no longer be Conservatives. We would be "Regressives" which is equal and opposite of Conservatives. The libs would then become Conservatives to maintain their tranny/feminism bullshit. round and round the wheelhouse goes....
It's all less about the political definitions and more that we all need to objectively agree on what is immoral bullshit.
Conservatism is inherently a losing philosophy. It's accepting the liberal mindset of "We're on the right side of history!" at face value and responding with "OK but can we just slow down a bit?"
Indeed. The right-wing needs to take the reigns of progress in their own path and force liberals to start calling themselves conservatives.
That would be inherently self defeating to Conservative ideology.
Conservatism isn't meant and was never meant to prevent progressiveness and maintain the status quo at all costs. That's shitty lefty doublespeak as usual. Conservatism inherently does not have a path "Forward" only a foundation upon which to erect should the country need a fallback.
The point for Conservatism was to allow progressive change to society GRADUALLY and carefully monitored to prevent a shit show.
I disagree with your "point of convervatism". That's more liberal doublespeak again. Much of the change that "liberals" push for are negative, period. There's no gradual about it. Conservatives didn't have apprehension and wanted to slow down change, they simply didn't want the change but slowing it down was all they might have been able to accomplish. Liberals thus push the concept that the change was inevitable but much of what has changed is not inevitable and we can change it all again to be exactly what we want not what liberals propose is an inevitability.
For example, there's nothing to stop us from banning women from working or relegating them to nothing more than property of men. There's nothing inevitable about modern feminism. We can do away with it for good and call the patriarchy, progress.
I mean you can disagree with it all you want, I am correct. Conservatism has never been opposed to change, just that change is promoted gradually and tested within the confines of the existing society. You can look up the mission statement of any historical Conservative movements ideological definitions and you'll see this. (Excluding pure Evangelical theocrats masquerading as Conservatives such as the "Freedom party")
Except history itself has shown that they are in fact correct in that one avenue. The United States never would have been founded without progressive change and shift away from a Theocractic Monarchy that was Great Britain. Change IS in fact inevitable and the earliest Conservatives thought very pragmatically about this. Knowing society will change, it's best to try and control the vector and speed of change rather than prevent it entirely.
Now here's the kicker on how fucked up "Horseshoe" Theory really is, ready?
You are absolutely correct! However, you and I would no longer be Conservatives. We would be "Regressives" which is equal and opposite of Conservatives. The libs would then become Conservatives to maintain their tranny/feminism bullshit. round and round the wheelhouse goes....
It's all less about the political definitions and more that we all need to objectively agree on what is immoral bullshit.