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You know, I actually agree with the variety of conservatism that is instinctive distrust of state power and the need to vigorously watch the watchmen (who have a monopoly on violence, and anyway more capacity for violence than any nonstate actor ever will.)

In general, empowering disadvantaged individuals is in fact preferable to empowering the state to act on their behalf. But nominally conservative whites are FAR more comfortable empowering a racist government to protect minority rights than empowering minorities ourselves.

Would “conservative” racists rather have a massive “big government” high-administration effort like food stamps or housing vouchers/public housing? Or would they rather give cash assistance conditioned solely on income? Or cash transfers to the victims of housing discrimination?

And it’s more than that. The “small government” remedy to state military power isn’t more private gun ownership, it’s LESS MILITARY SPENDING. LESS MILITARIZED POLICE.