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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I think this describes where I lose some of your argument. "Conservatives" have been replaced with populists. We have a few populist parties running right now. Bernie, Warren, and Trump are all attracting different varieties of populists. I don't think conservatives are in a state of reaction right now. They might have been in the past. Now I think they're in a state of near extinction.
When conservatives gained power in the past they struggled because they realized that they weren't really conservatives. They wanted to spend money just like liberals, only in different ways. They realized they weren't really conservative at all.
He's a populist.
Correct.
Populists masquerading as conservatives are animated by grievance. Conservatives are, as I said, near extinct.
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Call it whatever you want, Conservatives, Republicans, Populists. They're assholes. These are all people who take pleasure in being assholes. It's not just about owning the libs, it's about screwing over people color, putting women in their place, using kids for personal gain or just generally being assholes.
Call an ass an ass.
