Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete F.
For thousands of years, conservatism was universally understood as being in opposition to democracy. Having lost much of its ability to attack democracy openly, conservatism has tried in recent years to redefine the word "democracy" while engaging in deception to make the substance of democracy unthinkable.
Almost all of the early immigrants to America left behind societies that had been oppressed by conservatism. The democratic culture that Americans have built is truly one of the monuments of civilization. And American culture remains vibrant to this day despite centuries of conservative attack.
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"Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy."
Oh. Conservatives want domination by an aristocracy? Is that why conservatives want citizens to enjoy lower taxes and easier access to guns? Because when regular people have guns and more of their own money, that makes it easier for aristocrats to dominate them, right?
I mean, that makes all kinds of sense. That's not even a little bit crazy!
"Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general"
Which must explain why everyone is moving out of FL and TX, and re-locating to CA and NY, right?
Again, that makes all kinds of sense. That's not even a little bit crazy!
"Conservatism is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice"
And that explains why conservatives fought to maintain slavery, right? And also explains why conservatives later fought to hold onto Jim Crow segregation? And it was the
democrats who fought to end slavery and segregation! Aha!
Again, that makes all kinds of sense. That's not even a little bit crazy!
I mean, that's just unassailable, fact-based, dripping-with-common-sense stuff there. Wow. We are very impressed.
It's
liberals who want limited central government, and
conservatives who want an all-powerful dictatorship. Obviously!