Comment by sigmoid10
2 days ago
Political conservatives (at least in the US) have very little left in common with actual conservatism. They are more like neoliberals, primarily catering to the rich for accumulating wealth. So of course they are in on yet another scheme for cutting costs by screwing over normal workers.
Fair enough, but we must take the real world into account and in this real world the "conservatives-by-name" are the topic of the discussion. If you choose to use another name, even if completely appropriate, you will risk being misunderstood (which is unrelated to downvoting). It's a whole meta-discussion by itself...
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If you wish to be understood, please use common speech. Political conservatism (keep things the same) and economic conservatism aka liberalism (government should submit to the market) have been dead for many years. What we have are populists of different stripes who are advocating radical change to suit their specific agenda.