• abuttandahalf@lemmy.ml
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          4 months ago

          Depends on how you define conservatives? If you categorize the entire US political spectrum as conservatives (and economically, they are), then sure. In the prevalent usage of the term, that’s not true, because liberals are just as much a barrier because they are capitalists. The entire US political spectrum is ideologically liberal save for a few fascists on the right, and both are capitalist ideologies.

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            all of America is Liberal (socio-economic philosophy, not the “left” catchall) and thus they are all conservative

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              4 months ago

              “ackshually”… please stop being a nerd. the problem and solution is simple. don’t over complicate it. people know wtf i’m talking about when i say conservative.

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                There is a neat and simple solution for every problem, and it’s always wrong

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                  4 months ago

                  until that solution is the only thing between utopia and dystopia, where the effects of either will be felt for centuries to come. that solution then becomes a necessity. wake up.

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      4 months ago

      You could blame Nader and the 100k Florida Progressives who couldn’t hold their noses and punch the chad for Gore for that. And then remember it in November.

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        4 months ago

        i could, maybe, but i’d rather blame jeb bush, the supreme court, and all the conservatives that voted for bush.

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          They all suck, but I have a special place in my heart for the 100k people who “cared so much about the environment” to vote for Nader. The final count margin was around 600 votes. Had just 2% of them realized that in no universe would Nader win and despite his flaws, Gore was better equipped for the job, the world would be a totally different place.