Actually maybe I am a conservative - I do want to conserve this biosphere, rather than destroying it through the radical increase in carbon burn in the last few hundred years
That’s conservationism, not conservatism. Conservatism is about establishing and enforcing hierarchies of social power.
It was a joke :). I was playing on the dictionary definition of (little C) conservatives, in contrast to (big C) Conservatives
Modern Conservatives area actually radicals, and they unfairly leave actual conservatives (who want stability or careful change) with no representation
That’s conservationism, not conservatism. Conservatism is about establishing and enforcing hierarchies of social power.
It was a joke :). I was playing on the dictionary definition of (little C) conservatives, in contrast to (big C) Conservatives
Modern Conservatives area actually radicals, and they unfairly leave actual conservatives (who want stability or careful change) with no representation
Then those actual conservatives need to do the hard work and actually rein in their wacko cousins.