“The word ‘conservative’ has no meaning any more. Sort of like âgayâ.”
George Orwell wrote about how the word “fascist” lost all meaning during the Spanish civil war because it was used by just about everyone (he know, socialists and anarchists) to describe anything that was unpleasant: “That fascist waiter is sure taking his time ..”
Today it may as well have the Amish meaning of “plain”: “Ja, dat Karl he is plain. And steady.”
As you say, the problem is, the word conservative has been degraded to the point where it pretty much means, “not liberal or progressive’” so it doesn’t really work as a term anymore. It could describe anything or anyone from immigration to Lindsay Graham.
I’m thinking of trying to revive the term “fascist”. It’s got snap, it grabs people’s attention, and the sharp, even scary, sassy & classy uniforms were real babe magnets.
ROTFLOL!
That there is funny.
America is a rebuke and a stumbling block to the European and post-colonial states, who derive their sovereignty by descent from kings, princes, and a native aristocracy. Even though their governments have the appearance of popular sovereignty, as a practical matter, once in power, their authority is absolute.
The government at Washington exists (on paper) at the sufferance of the sovereign, it is not itself sovereign. As a result, it's impossible for a New World Order to govern the fifty States through treaties and ministerial arrangements.
Until we uproot the hidden governing structure of infotainment, polls, consultants, and donors, and remove The Conservative Movement from authority over what we can say and what policies for our own benefit we may consider, the nation remains at risk.