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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]

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Do you think Conservatives only think about what benefits them vs what benefits society.  Can you agree there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and that perhaps liberals are wrong sometimes.[/quote]

[b]Conservatism barely exists in the US at the moment.[/b] Instead we have this weird Trumpism. "Me first" is very much a part of Trumpism. Trumpism views the world as being divided between us and them. I don't think they conceive of society in the way that it has normally been viewed. Social cohesion is replaced with resentment. There is no interest in doing what is best for society, but rather what is best for Trump followers. This was very aptly demonstrated recently when Mitch McConnell referred to "blue state bailouts". A wiser politician would realize that it is in Kentucky's interest for New York to recover from Covid-19. But Trump-supporting politicians see everything as a partisan battle.

To directly answer your questions, yes there are multiple ways to get to what benefits us and liberals are wrong frequently. But, Trump and his cult have no interest in what benefits "us".
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I beg to differ.  I think a better description is that Conservatism has been completely overshadowed in the US at the moment.

I know many who are like me, socially liberal, religious and fiscally conservative.  We favor smaller government, less government intervention, but strongly champion individual rights.  Once upon a time there was a large group of us.  We elected Reagan and Bush 41 and even Bush 43.  We don't agree with McConnell and Trump.  We are the same brand as Hogan and Baker.  There's a lot of pragmatism in what we do.  We have ideals, but we focus on what can realistically be done, rather than insisting on what MUST be done as idealogues tend to do.

There are still a lot of these types out there, but I know many who "converted" to Independent or "Democratic" simply because the Republican party has moved away from us and sadly, the Democratic party seems closer than to us that the Republicans do.  Not too many went Democratic, and most went Independent.  The problem is that if we speak up, we can bombarded, blasted and criticized by both sides.  Our pragmatism tells us that it is easier to work to get things done than to talk about what needs to be done.  So we do what we have to, support others that are doing work that we support and stop talking with what feels like clowns to the left of us, jokers to the right.

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