• darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    We need to stop calling these fuckers conservatives. Conservative implies that you are maintaining the status quo. These bastards are straight-up regressives.

    • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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      The status quo is the past.

      Reactionary is a better name for the movement though; they want to simp for their masters: the regressive regime where they can play at “owning the left” while bolstering the rent-seeking owner class.

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      Conservatism has always been shit like this. The idea that it just means “maintaining the status quo” is a lie they tell to whitewash it.