rimu@piefed.social@piefed.socialHow it is that we can call so many disparate, irreconcilable ideologies – various ethno-nationalisms, imperialism, financialism, patriarchy, Christian nationalism, libertarianism, white supremacy, etc – “conservative”? What binds all these views together?
southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksWell, the key component of conservatism, at least in the western world is that it’s anti, not pro.
Every part of the slate that the various sub genres you listed actually work towards is against something else.
Since the core concept of conservatism (again, in the us specifically andn the western world in general) is conserving the status quo, and the status quo is and has been distinctly for white men, cis-het in particular, being on top of the pile, that left ever other section of the “horseshoe” having to distinctly struggle out from under that oppression.
If what you’re conserving is built on oppression and inequality, don’t be surprised when groups dedicated to those things flock to the banner.
Don’t get me wrong, there are people that call themselves conservatives that are just capitalists with otherwise open minds. And there’s some that just want to keep their individual lives the way they want them, and don’t actually care if others get to do so as well. But they’re the minority, and there’s names for them like “RINO”. And they get pushed out of their essentially moderate/center place by those with louder voices and more power.
bluGill@fedia.io 15 hours ago
@rimu Same as everything else - nothing as a whole, but there is enough commonality with any individual group that the whole stands.