This post seems to just be saying that liberals are much more fired-up than conservatives these days. Which seems true! But why?
My hypothesis: Conservative ideology has drifted toward things that it's difficult for most people to get fired up about.
richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-every…
My hypothesis: Conservative ideology has drifted toward things that it's difficult for most people to get fired up about.
richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-every…
I mean, what is the conservative plan for the future of our country? Moar tax cuts? Anti-trans legislation? Border wall and deportation sweeps?
Who gets up in the morning and is excited to fight for that?
Who gets up in the morning and is excited to fight for that?
Conservatism has a total lack of ideas and vision right now. In 1980 you knew the kind of country conservatives wanted to build -- Christianity, family values, tax cuts and deregulation, etc etc. Now what do they want to build? I don't even know.
Tbh I think what conservatives really needs to create more art. Art will help them figure out a vision, instead of just reacting to things.
Note that this is exactly what liberals did for decades, when their ideas were counterculture. They created art that articulated their vision for the world, while also knitting them together culturally.
Also: As some in the replies have pointed out, our crappy electoral system has kept conservatism running on fumes. The fact that the ghost of the old GOP can still hold power based on gerrymandering, the Senate, and the Electoral College means they don't have pressure to evolve.
Conservatism needs some time in the wilderness, to get its shit together, to form new visions for society, to work on persuading a new winning coalition, etc.
But our broken electoral institutions are preventing them from getting that needed time in the wilderness.
But our broken electoral institutions are preventing them from getting that needed time in the wilderness.
Conservatives got really mad at this tweet. But my point wasn't to dunk on conservatives -- it was to point out what a dead end the Trumpist ideology is, and that conservatism needs to evolve away from this dead-end direction.
https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1384694582550491136
To conservatives, I undoubtedly seem like a concern-troll, since I am not a conservative myself. But I recognize that there will always be a political Right in every country, and I would rather have a healthy Right rather than this dead-end Trumpist stuff.
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