Modern American conservatives: American civilization is the crowning achievement in world history. And also, American civilization is deeply sick and diseased, and is on the brink of collapse unless it undergoes a massive political, social, and spiritual transformation.
More and more I'm coming to see edgelord, apocalyptic hyperbole as one of the defining features of American conservatism. Like, without that rhetorical bombast, it would have to be content just being a fairly uninteresting and predictable participant in a public conversation.
I also forgot to add that according to modern American conservatives, anyone on the left who thinks America is in need of a fundamental political, social, and spiritual transformation is either a nefarious commie or a stupid hippie.
