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Re: Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You should edit most of yours to change "conservative" to "populist."
Biden is the conservative, traditional candidate this cycle. Trump is a populist. He is not a conservative. Trump is classically liberal, interventionist, willing to upset norms.
I know this upsets the framework you use to preach about one party being reactionary and one party not being so. But, well... facts.
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Trump is what conservatism is now. You are using a dictionary definition that no longer describes the conservative movement. They have voted with their feet. And if you're going to describe Trump's party as populist instead of conservative, aren't you acknowledging its reactionary core? Do you think Trump is about preserving anything? "Make America Great Again" is definitionally reactionary. The policies on which he has the strongest instincts -- immigration, trade -- are not "conservative" in your sense in the slightest.
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