Conservatives like Star Trek because it promotes the values of meritocracy, hierarchy, authority, and military discipline. None of these are commonly held by people in the American left (especially not the academic left, which tend to be pretty anti-hierarchical, anti-authoritarian).
The people usually referred to as Republicans these days are right-wing populists. They have very little in common with the types of conservatives who loved the franchise in the 20th century. Those older conservatives are almost extinct in the Republican Party today.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
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zaphod@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
The right loves meritocracy. To them it means everyone got what they deserve, from the homeless to the billionaires.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Oh, is that why they kept ethnic minorities out of positions of power and established structures of “not what you know, but who you know” and established “legacy admissions” for the children of huge donors?
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
No, that’s because they’re racist. They can have different motivations to do what they do.