Any institution or movement that spends its time looking backwards rather than forwards is bunk.
Think about how Republicans spend their time idolizing slave-owning founders and trying to roll back regulations rather than coming up with new ideas to help the most number of people.
Think about how the world's churches spend time idolizing martyrs instead of talking about how to build a better future for the most number of people.
Conservatism is less about wanting to move slowly and more about wanting to move in reverse, to go back to a time when the privileged had absolute power, rather than today's imbalanced power.
The conversations we should be having today are: How do we make sure that all humans live healthier, longer lives full of more opportunity, less meaningless toil, more education and artistic expression, while expanding spheres of empathy.
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