This is a mischaracterization of his ideas. NB, I've only read the Reactionary Mind. He sees reactionaries (conservatism is largely a product brand) as personally threatened by revolutionary/leftist ideas, so they have no choice but to respond to them.
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Burke didn't write Reflections on How Great The Status Quo Is. He wrote about the Revolution In France because it threatened to disrupt the status quo in Europe. Ergo, no Revolution/Leftism, no reaction or so-called conservatism. This is a better characterization of his ideas
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Seems like a distinction without much of a difference; either way, right-wingers have no real ideas of their own, just heathens trying to hide their sins from the truth.
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Good lord, even the Mongols learned from the peoples they subjugated.
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See also: certain replies to your tweet
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Did Cypher really see it that way — as merely virtual steak?
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I think he explicitly remarks on its unreality in conversation with the Agent
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