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Conservatives like referring to liberals AsCommunists, when in reality it's nothing more than pure projection. Conservatism is practically in lock step withCommunism.
The origins of the term Liberal traces back to the Latin word liber (meaning “free”), which is also the root of the word "liberty "("the quality or state of being free").
Conservative:
tending to preserve or protect, preservative, having the power to keep whole or safe," from Old French conservatif, from Medieval Latin conservativus, from Latin conservatus, past participle of conservare "to keep, preserve, keep intact, guard.
In other words, to maintain and protect the status quo, and the establishment.
From 1840 in the general sense, conservatives are disposed to retain and maintain what is established, opposed to innovation and change, or, in a negative sense, opposed to progress.
For example, controlling the reproductive rights of women is an old and well documentCommunist tradition.
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Conservatism in every place and time is founded on deception.
Conservatism continually twists the language of conscience into its opposite. It has no choice: conservatism is unjust, and cannot survive except by pretending to be the opposite of what it is.
The opposite of conservatism is democracy, and contempt for democracy is a constant thread in the history of conservative argument. Instead, conservatism has argued that society ought to be organized in a hierarchy of orders and classes and controlled by its uppermost hierarchical stratum, the aristocracy.
People who believe that the aristocracy RIGHTFULLY dominates society, because of its intrinsic SUPERIORITY, are conservatives; democrats, by contrast, believe that they are of equal social worth. Conservatism is the antithesis of democracy. This has been true for thousands of years..
Since the 1930s, the modern conservative movement has tried to restrict majority rule at every turn — because they know a mass democratic movement poses an existential threat to their power.
The truth is, the Right doesn’t expect a majority of Americans to support their policies, nor do they particularly care.
Yet for all their wealth and power, the Right’s ideas are only growing more unpopular with time. When progressive policies appear on the ballot in a direct referendum, conservatives lose, time and again, be it right-to-work laws, minimum wage hikes, or Medicaid expansion, even in Republican strongholds.
To start with, conservatism constantly shifts in its degree of authoritarianism. Conservatives have no difficulty claiming to be the party of freedom in one breath, and attacking civil liberties in the next.
The real situation with conservatism and freedom is best understood in historical context. Conservatism constantly changes, always adapting itself to provide the minimum amount of freedom that is required to hold together a dominant coalition in the society..
Many conservative theorists to the present day have argued that freedom is not possible at all. Without the internalized domination of conservatism, it is argued, social order would require the external domination of stateTerror. In a sense this argument is correct: historically conservatives have routinely resorted toTerror when internalized domination has not worked.
To impose its order on society, conservatism must destroy civilization. In particular, conservatism must destroy conscience, democracy, reason, and language.
One of the most important patterns of conservative message-making is projection. Projection is a psychological notion; it roughly meansAttacking someone by falsely claiming that they areAttacking you. Conservative strategists engage in projection constantly.
What is wrong with conservatism?
Answer: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructiveSystem of inequalityandPrejudice, that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world...
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Conservatives like referring to liberals as communists, when in reality it's nothing more than pure projection. Conservatism is practically in lock step with communism.
The origins of the term Liberal traces back to the Latin word liber (meaning “free”), which is also the root of the word "liberty "("the quality or state of being free").
Conservative:
tending to preserve or protect, preservative, having the power to keep whole or safe," from Old French conservatif, from Medieval Latin conservativus, from Latin conservatus, past participle of conservare "to keep, preserve, keep intact, guard.
In other words, to maintain and protect the status quo, and the establishment.
From 1840 in the general sense, conservatives are disposed to retain and maintain what is established, opposed to innovation and change, or, in a negative sense, opposed to progress.
Conservatives have even taken a page right out the communist playbook. Controlling the reproductive rights of women is an old and well document communist tradition.
Because if a government can prevent you from having anAbortion, it can also force you to have one. That's what happens when the choice has been taken away from you. It doesn't get more communist than that.
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