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American conservatism circa 1776 (lemmy.world)

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[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The central tenet of conservatism, whether they're consciously aware of it or not, is a belief in hierarchies. There is a stratification to society that must be maintained, which of course manifests a king or oligarchy at the top.

Men are above women.

The rich are above the poor.

Whites are above everyone else.

They don't care about religion or nationality except as tools to maintain that hierarchy.

[–] kinsnik@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Belief in hierarchies as natural, good and desirable is the definition of right wing, it is literally the first sentence of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics