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Kaboom@reddthat.com 11 months agoIt is a tenent of conservatism that a well ordered and correct society should resemble a pyramid: there should be a few people with wealth, privilege and power (political and otherwise) at the top, supported by a broad base of people with less wealth and less power at the bottom.
Wtf are you talking about? Where did you hear that?
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
It’s like you guys are unaware of the ideological assumptions that color all of your opinions. Is it shocking to hear that social conservatives believe in hierarchy? Is it surprising to be told that religious conservatives believe there is an overarching authority to which all of humanity, and all of nature is subject? Is it news to you that inequality is seen as inevitable, and this is why liberal ideas about forcing equality on everyone are seen as foolish?
Why then is there any objection to feminism? Why the opposition to DEI programs? Whats wrong with migrant refugees getting US government assistance and why did Ronald Reagan complain about “welfare queens”? What is the problem some people have with young men becoming young women? Is there not some philosophical thread that connects these things as wrong or bad or out of order? It’s because they all seem to violate deeply held assumptions about social order.
If you’ve never heard of Edmund Burke (called by many the father of modern conservatism) you should absolutely read up on him. He definately makes a case for heirarchy. I’m sure you have heard of Jordan Peterson who tries to claim that hierarchy is part of the natural order by famously pointing to lobsters. Peterson is less of a political thinker, but an alt-right hero I suppose, who dresses up conservative christian talking points with academic sounding language.
Anyway I feel like I made my case, debate it or not I don’t care. it seems super funny to me that I am called on to justify a connection between conservatism and hierarchy. It’s like if I said “water is so important to fish” and immediately wintermute is like " what? I literally never heard a fish say anything about water you are making that up you got a cite forr that?"
Kaboom@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Seeing as Im a conservative and dont believe that, yes.
And there it is. You read some book and youve confirmation biased yourself.
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Hmm yes maybe that’s what happened. My daddy did say book learnin don’t come to no damn good.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Then wtf happened? You have these absurd takes that make no sense.