Would it be true to say that a coherent liberal is someone who looks forward to the possibility of being a conservative? Bear with me.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
If a liberal is someone who wants to progress towards certain goals & a conservative is someone who wants to conserve traditional values?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Then a liberal who achieves those goals would, on achieving them, shift to being someone who works to conserve them & opposing change.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Unless they are not someone with consistent values & goals but someone who wants to oppose tradition & advocate change no matter what.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Agree generally. But, for a liberal, utopia (perfect equality etc) is impossible. Therefore, they will chase the horizon forever.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I don't think so. I think we're pretty much there & the liberal tradition is something we'll need to conserve &so could then be conservative
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Replying to @HPluckrose
But, you have Trump in charge, and aren't the liberals still crying about patriarchy, Islamophobia, etc? Seems there's a long way to go
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @HPluckrose
I don't subscribe to pendulum theory, but there's a tendency for left-right oscillations, which all groups, inc liberals, are trapped in.
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I see. We were using different definitions. This makes more sense now. Yes, if you are conserving a system, you are indeed a conservative.
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