US Authoritarianism

702 readers

1149 users here now

Hello, I am researching American crimes against humanity. . This space so far has been most strongly for memes, and that's fine.

There's other groups and you are welcome to add to them. USAuthoritarianism Linktree

See Also, my website. USAuthoritarianism.com be advised at time of writing it is basically just a donate link

Cool People: [email protected]

founded 6 months ago

889

Conservatism is Brain Damage (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

170 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because by "conserve" they mean conserve the status quo.

Rich people stay rich poor people stay poor and anyone who tries to change that is a commie.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Rich people *get even richer and poor people *become even more poor.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

The status quo can include trends, it doesn't necessarily mean a static state. "If the status quo is me getting [richer, more powerful, more control], then that's the one I want."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I.e. conservation of momentum not velocity