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This is a bit over the top. Progressivism equals communism and mass murdering? Getting something for nothing from the government? No. He's got the main points of conservatism right I would say, but everything else is a bit silly.
Did you watch the whole video?
What does progressivism progress to?
Social justice in most cases, such as ending segregation.
One school of conservatism, yes. Big government, anti- or skeptical viewpoints toward free-enterprise is also a conservative philosophy.
Arguing on behalf of the notion that people are perhaps bad would also explain why big government conservatism exists.
Then we are talking about different versions. Progressivism tends to favor greater government intervention in daily life, which leads to socialism, which, according to Marx, is only a step towards communism.
I don't think that any American conservatism calls for big gov't. If you would kindly elaborate...
I think this video nails the philosophical underpinnings of conservatism.
I don't think that any American conservatism calls for big gov't. If you would kindly elaborate...
Then we are talking about different versions. Progressivism tends to favor greater government intervention in daily life, which leads to socialism, which, according to Marx, is only a step towards communism.
I think this video nails the philosophical underpinnings of conservatism.
What does exceptionalism mean? I've seen it used as a stick to beat to criticism of the government. Why do conservatives tend to label things like "anti-american" or "doesn't believe in exceptionalism" at persons that disagree with the actions of a government. Doesn't exceptionalism take work? Like sometimes you have to criticize the government in order to meen any idea of exceptionalism?
The video you posted is vary close, if not exactly, what the founding father wanted the U.S.A. to be. We have strayed far from that path. Now it is our duty to get back to it.
It also leads to social progress, such as equality for women and minorities - or at least the removal of legislative and social barriers to progress in those areas. And Socialism does not lead to Communism - otherwise you'd have half the countries in the world, including all of Scandanavia, Marxist.
American conservatism leads to social progress as well in that it dictates that all humans are worthy of equal treatment before the law. Something that Lincoln (a conservative Republican) fought for. But under the same banner as social progress are the socialists who fight for greater involvement of government. Now those who once fought for social progress fight against it because (much like the democratic party) it has been co-opted by the socialists. Meanwhile republicans have been portrayed as the representative of conservatism in America when they have long since lost the right to bear that title. Conservatives need a new party to fight for them, so the more hardcore libertarians created the tea party which has been ruthlessly attacked by the media which means that no one take them seriously.
*Inhales, ending rant*
What you say about socialism is largely true in that it doesn't lead to communism. Marx was wrong.
They were never a monolith. This is probably the worst idea you could promote. There are still ideas that many Founders thought acceptable that would be deemed wholly too big government, too imperialistic, too anti-democratic, too...whatever.