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[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You know I find the nominal political viewpoints of conservatives(small c) just.

Why even bother creating a steel man for conservatism? Free yourself from this enlightened centrist fantasy.

Yeah, things like "responsible budget" are always just a lie.

It's not worth acknowledging the "good points" when they only seem to use them as a smoke screen and a distraction.

If you want to embrace the ideals that they willfully abandon at every opportunity, maybe just find a new name for that set of ideals.

[–] thijsje@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

In theory, nothing. In practice, half as much of what’s wrong with conservatism. But I was referring to “enlightened centrism” is more specific: the tendency to position oneself in the middle of two ‘extremes’ because it’s a comfortable position, to play a role of enlightened by always taking a both-sides stance. That’s what I’m referring to as a fantasy, because we know that in practice, for the core issues of politics, almost always there is a wrong side of history stance.