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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago (44 children)

Lemmy is pretty damn close to that there's only like five conservatives but they are all the same person.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

And we still don't ever get along, hahahaha

[–] TheRealKuni@midwest.social 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nobody hates those who oppose conservatism like other people who oppose conservatism. 🙄

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 28 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 6 points 6 hours ago

It's more than that, progressive spaces are bound to have conflict due to the fact that progressiveness is way more abstract than conservativism. Conservativism is about not having change, about things staying as they are, no progress. Progresivism however, you can be moderately progressive, very progressive, radically progressive... You also can be progressive in some aspects but not so much in others, yet you identify as a progressive.

Conservativism champions homogeneity, progressiveness champions diversity. In a diverse environment there are bpund to be disagreements.

It is what it is, we just need to be better and reach agreements. All the time.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Y'all have just made an enemy for life

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, if it wasn't for the news in lemmy, I'd assume the world was all sunshine and roses, and everybody was cool like me.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We're all happy depressed furries optimizing our linux experience on our thinkpads.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I feel left out. I don't have a Thinkpad. 😩

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

We can share mine

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yah but there's also like, 300,000 tankies and they're ALSO that same person.

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 75 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I am so sick of the word conservative. It's not conservative, it's fucking regressive. It's back sliding our society into a world that never really existed in the first place.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

It’s not conservative, it’s fucking regressive.

I mean, Liberals aren't particularly liberal and far too many of the Progressives are barely progressive. Libertarians don't seem that interested in liberty. Centrists can't find the center. Plutocrats are immolating their capital. The Meritocrats are unqualified. The Technocrats are incompetent. Only the Fascists seem intent on delivering results consistent with their brand.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I don't disagree. The world liberal is wasted on the Democratic party. They're not liberal. They're just the only valid opposition to the Nazis. Even if their policies are conservative.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

They’re just the only valid opposition to the Nazis.

I think you're asking "opposition" to do more heavy lifting than it can bear in that sentence.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

They’re just the only valid opposition to the Nazis.

They've rolled over so fast and so frequently that I'd hardly call them "opposition" without prefixing it with "controlled".

The most influential force in Democratic Party leadership right now is Bitcoin Banks, ffs. They're fully rotten.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 21 points 9 hours ago

I say this all the time and somehow people just can't see it. Who cares what they call themselves. Its what they do and what they want that describes them.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

"Conservative" just means "extreme far-right" now.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 30 points 1 day ago

... can... can we go there?

[–] Salamand@lemmy.today 21 points 1 day ago

It's funny cuz people actually think this way, and don't realize what a self-own it is.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Someone added that to the PragerU post? Because I can't imagine PragerU posting a Utopian image with that text. PragerU are worse than Fox "Newz".

[–] VerPoilu@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 day ago

PragerU posted the text, someone added the image.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Love how even in this future people still park on the fuckin sidewalks.

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[–] Astrophage@lemy.lol 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have we tried putting them on a boat and sending on to find the next continent? If we did that, I might start celebrating Columbus day!

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

How could you ban political speech without some kind of Act under the guise of keeping Kids Safe Online?

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