@Right_in_Virginia
I agree. Somehow,conservatism morphed into fascism because it's main focus seemed to be on cutting taxes.
Yes,that IS a major part of a traditional conservative stance,but it is not the main focus. Or at least it shouldn't be.
In MY alleged mind,the main focus should be on individual freedoms versus the power of government.
And yes,cutting taxes is and SHOULD be a part of that,but not the major focus by any stretch of the imagination. If the government would focus more on spending public money on infastructure and other neccesssary issues instead of supporting the welfare state,there would soon be less need for higher taxes.
Support industries that hire employees,and soon there would be plenty of public money taken in and less need for issues like welfare.
I don't know about anyone else,but I do know that I was MUCH happier back when I had a job to go to every day than I am now,sitting around the house and looking for things to be pissed about in order to make me feel alive and that I have something to do.
@sneakypete @Right_in_Virginia Ahem. NO, "CONSERVATISM" didn't go anywhere, otherwise, it would not be conservatism.
A lot of people started applying the label to their own quasi-totalitarian 'lesser evil' corrupted version of what the Leftist totalitarians were not directly espousing, and even spoke the right words in election years. Their misapplication of the term "conservative" hasn't changed the fundamental principles true conservatives adhere to.
It is those principles that make up conservatism, not the pikers who adopt the name to deceive the electorate or their viewers.
I have long objected to the loose use of the word, and it is becoming meaningless in popular use. Conservatives need to find a new name, perhaps "Constitutionalists", because Republic-ans is taken and unfortunately not so Constitutional in their actions as a group. I have used the term"exceptional conservatives", because they are conservative except (fill in with departures from principle, in practice or preaching).
If we let this pass as "conservatism", then that is what the label will become, just another brand of political bullshit, passed off as something it is not, and often never was.
If those who practice the faux conservatism of lip service and deception during election years (as all too many TEA party candidates did) outnumber those of us who embrace Conservative principles, well, you will get what you vote for, and it will always be less.
Right now, the Republic needs more, not less.
