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Uh... What did you think conservatives stood for again? Conservatism has always been about putting wealth in the hands of the few and scapegoating vulnerable people to distract the masses; everything else is camouflage.
Capitalism is the entropy lottery, and the more you remove the graphite the more the reaction runs away toward total meltdown
Conservatism is the belief that we should ban pencils because how dare you limit my chances even a little before everything breaks
I don't think the majority of conservatives actually want that.
They claim they don't want that, but every single one of their positions feeds into one or both of these two results.
The majority of Republicans are fucking morons that have no idea what is going on in the world and have no desire to so long as they have identified which group they are supposed to hate.
They just want to hate the people who they fear
Because they're fucking idiots who choose ignorance because thinking is difficult for them
I wish more people understood this. Fear drives them just hate is an easier emotion that they can handle.
What would you say they want, then?
I do suspect there's a pretty decent sized chunk who bought into that "Republicans are good for the economy" line of bullshit DECADES ago and have just spent the intervening time hell bent on not giving anything political even the tiniest iota of thought. These people still fucking suck, as that basically involves waking up every day and choosing to be a completely uninformed moron rather than spend 5 fucking seconds thinking about something they find uninteresting. So some are hateful bigots and some are just so fucking stupid it's a minor miracle they've survived this long without someone to follow them around covering the outlets and safety pinning mittens to their sleeves. Fuck em both.
"I've been a conservative because I believe the Regan trickle down economics works."
My old coworker. I literally said "my guy we've had fifty goddamn years to show that is complete bullshit. How many more decades do we need to try it for you to realize it doesn't work?"
As you said, he just spent 0 time thinking about it.
But to be honest, it does work for him in a way... His parents were wealthy and so he has lived his life as a janitor and a doorman and will still be able to retire into a nice house with a ton of inheritance money...
Yeah, it trickles down from rich parents to their kids. That's good enough for him I guess.
Then why did 77 million Republicans vote for Trump and Republicans?