If there is one thing I’ve seen about Republicans and conservatives is that conservatism/Republicanism can never fail, only people can fail conservatism. It’s always that it wasn’t implemented HARD enough. Or those damn liberals fucked it up somehow, etc…they are even more afield than old school Marxists when it comes to being steeped in a completely ridiculous narrative about economics. Hilariously, so many of the cons think it is THEY who are the hard-nosed realists… 🤣
True, but sadly not unique to conservatism. It’s a human condition, lots of psychology involved with self-identity and worldview. See “communism just hasn’t been actually implemented properly yet, and the Soviet Union and China were/are actually capitalists pretending to be socialists/communists” for examples on the “opposing” spectrum.
Absolutely, that’s why I mention the old school Marxists. :) I have to admit the comparison is not one I’ve come up with; I’m pretty sure I heard driftglass (of the Professional Left Podcast) reference it several times…
They’ll keep saying it’s still a good idea butt just barely executed for years. That’s what happened with Brexit in the UK.
If there is one thing I’ve seen about Republicans and conservatives is that conservatism/Republicanism can never fail, only people can fail conservatism. It’s always that it wasn’t implemented HARD enough. Or those damn liberals fucked it up somehow, etc…they are even more afield than old school Marxists when it comes to being steeped in a completely ridiculous narrative about economics. Hilariously, so many of the cons think it is THEY who are the hard-nosed realists… 🤣
True, but sadly not unique to conservatism. It’s a human condition, lots of psychology involved with self-identity and worldview. See “communism just hasn’t been actually implemented properly yet, and the Soviet Union and China were/are actually capitalists pretending to be socialists/communists” for examples on the “opposing” spectrum.
Absolutely, that’s why I mention the old school Marxists. :) I have to admit the comparison is not one I’ve come up with; I’m pretty sure I heard driftglass (of the Professional Left Podcast) reference it several times…
Yeah, it’s always ideology first. No argument or evidence can convince them otherwise.