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[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 months ago

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?

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Wow there, is conservative now just automatically right wing? Didn't know that... (very much non-american here)

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

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)?

[-] FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago

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).

[-] Kanda@reddthat.com 1 points 6 months ago

It's genius because now everyone is right wing

[-] TRBoom@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

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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