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>I think there’s a wide difference between “classical” conservatism of the likes of George H. W.; and the tea party/trump/nazi ideology soup. I think the first kind is fine and welcome to an extent.

Precisely. We need conservatism. We need that part of our conscience which says "well, hold on a minute", or "hey we can't afford that" in order to function properly as a democracy. It's loss is a tragedy, and the corruption of those ideals over the past 30 years into what it has become is breaking our country.




> We need conservatism

I disagree at this point honestly.

course all I've ever seen of american conservatism is the current republican party.


This seems like an instance of SV's bias toward the young biting SV in the collective butt.

People who remember the 70s and 80s remember a different political environment.


Yes, true.

When things seem overwhelming, I like to remind myself that in the 60s things seemed worse. (To me, the 80s and 90s were very good.)




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