imagine if it were possible to evaluate phenomena in your life from the standpoint of whether they're making your actual experience better or worse rather than in terms of what kind of person they're socially understood to be indicating you as being what would that world be like
your experience of conservatives is of people not concerned with what kind of person things imply they are remarkable
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I mean, yeah I said it's not exactly conservatism for that sort of reason, but a prioritisation of personal satisfaction and a smaller radius of care seems to be a key part of conservative thought.
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To be fair, in my highly liberal neighborhood accepting the label of conservative requires a divestment of any caring about what your peers think, which I guess may be reversed in other places. I think the point of increased selfishness stands tho
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