So Conservatism is now bad?
What does "conservative" even mean? It's changed its meaning over the decades, and has contradictory meanings.
I like the "conservatism" of Charles Lindbergh and Russell Kirk, which was about preserving traditional Christian values and protecting the interests of native born Americans.
Then in the 1950s, National Review flipped the meaning to a "proposition nation," a "nation of immigrants," globalist free markets, and America as the world's policeman.
Since then, "conservative" has morphed from Anita Bryant to Caitlin Jenner. The word has become meaningless, yet people have an emotional attachment to it.
People argue about what is "True Conservatism," focusing on the label rather than the policies. As if labeling a policy "conservative" means you've won the debate and needn't defend the policy.
Libertarians are the same way. If they can succeed in slapping the "True Libertarian" label onto a policy, they needn't debate or discuss the policy itself. If it's "libertarian," then it must be correct.