New: conservatismAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-185836hive-166405photographyhive-180932uncommonlabhive-183959steemhive-150122hive-145157bitcoinhive-144064hive-113376hive-188619hive-183397hive-193186hive-109690hive-184714hive-101145hive-124908hive-139150hive-193637TrendingNewHotLikersnooses (78)in trump • 8 months agoOh look, just a rank and file conservative messaging org being super casually racist.It's almost like racism is just built into the fabric of American conservatism these days. It's almost like you'd only have to look around for 5 seconds to see that it's literally everywhere and…arbitration (78)in privacy • 9 months agoThis cartoon is an example of the sort of subtle cheating that characterizes so much political discourse.Please pay attention. The cartoon has the FBI (personified by the figure) denouncing an expressed respect for privacy as the concern of a ‘pointy-headed liberal’, only to learn that the quote came…pomeline (78)in conservatism • last yearA long standing tenet of conservative thought is that a good society depends in large part on good behavior.In this perspective, society is always at risk of being degraded and collapsing into chaotic brutality - preventing that is the primary reason to have rules and give others the power to enforce…nooses (78)in politics • last yearsteemCreated with Sketch.I assume that most people understand that they're gonna die someday. Everybody eventually gets hit with the reality of getting older unless he or she has a severe mental illness. So, I assume that anyone who thinks of him or herself as an (air quotes) progressive…flexbooth (78)in politics • last yearThe liberal dilemma.I ask myself, why if I actually am closer in sentiment to the "liberal" side of things (see the chart attached), I end up fighting mostly with the "liberals" and ignoring the "conservatives". One…zafrada (78)in conservatism • 2 years agoMillennials are not getting more conservative as they age.I shared data on this for the US before, but here's some UK data as well. You can see it via ideological self-identification as well. There's of course plenty of time for things to change, but what…inspireplus (49)in hive-152587 • 2 years ago20 Quotes by Edmund Burke, Irish StatesmanEdmund Burke is famous for his contributions to political theory and his role in the development of modern conservatism. Burke was an 18th-century Irish philosopher and statesman who is best known…leguna (78)in belief • 2 years agoThe idea of progress.I'm so fascinated (and depressed) by this mentality, and yet it seems to be the single most consistent attribute of Progressives from their ideological inception. The thought process is so…pomeline (78)in political • 2 years agoI'm genuinely curious what the areas of bleed out tend to be.If you're a conservative, what's your most progressive belief? If you're a progressive, what's your most conservative belief? Boxes suck... what's the area where you step farthest out of yours…leguna (78)in western • 2 years agoDo we need to stop calling ourselves Conservatives?This is a weird essay, that conflates a bunch of things. In any case: right authoritarianism, Christian corporatism, etc. are not new or unfamiliar to the American conservative movement. And…arbitration (78)in reagan • 2 years agoThe Gipper's Stool is dead.Forty-odd years ago, Reagan defined the Republican coalition as a three legged stool. These legs may not have pointed entirely different directions the way that anarcho-communism, technocratic…pomeline (78)in evil • 3 years agoCan you recognise the rotten smell brewing in the country?This country smells rotten. What perplexes me is that half the population seems not to notice. They think we're just fine. The other half feels like I do. The difference between us and them…wooyg (25)in hive-143575 • 3 years ago나는 빨갱이가 싫어요.(저는 보수주의자 입니다.) 80년대에 어린시절을 지낸 사람답게 빨갱이는 나쁜 사람으로 알고 있고 요즘도 그렇게 생각하고 있습니다. 그런데 사실을 알고보면 오히려 보수주의자라 생각했던 일부 사람들이 알고보면 빨갱이가 아닐까? 라는 궁금증이 생길 때가 있습니다. 박정희 대통령이 서거한 급박한 상황에서 북한과 대치중이던 군인들을 끌고 내려와서…nooses (78)in politics • 3 years agoLets get ready to rumble!I don't like it, and I sure as hell don't wish for it, but this seems like a forgone conclusion at this point. Most right-leaning people have been pretty quiet through the chaos of the last 5 yrs…mingus (72)in nature • 3 years agoWe have been promised that any triumph of evil will only be temporary.I joked with a friend who has just picked up Thomas Sowell's masterpiece, 'A Conflict of Visions' that the world has turned for him. He said that he already feels that the world has turned on…pomeline (78)in politics • 3 years agoHerrenvolk Democracy.This is a very interesting look at a dark time in America's history. There's an unpleasant lesson in this dark history: reconstruction was insufficiently punitive, the northern occupation was of…mingus (72)in democrats • 4 years agoKind-hearted Democrats: It should be clear to you, by now, that your party is utterly corrupt. They pretend to care about the underdog, but in fact only care about the rich and powerful, especially themselves. Their love of abortion is part of that: the unborn are the most vulnerable, those…buzweaveryoutube (59)in rushlimbaugh • 4 years agoMy Conservative Political Mentor Rush Limbaugh Has PassedThe BIG voice on the Right, champion of conservatism, my conservative mentor Rush Limbaugh, has ended his battle with stage IV cancer. He was the inspiration and motivator that launched my pursuits…flexbooth (78)in principles • 4 years agoWhy conservatives vote against their own interests?Well, there are a few reasons. Obviously, I'm speaking as a liberal. One, people don't all have the same values. Therefore, we don't all have the same interests. Second of all, since this…arbitration (78)in politics • 4 years agoRepublicans, it's time to leave Trumpism behind. Let me stipulate to Trump supporters, what there are still, that I agree with everyone of your assertions about the Left, the Democratic party, and the state of the Union. That's not necessarily…
