Conservatives not actually that interested in conservation.
Conservatives: "nihilists and relativists have no values and will destroy society!" Also conservatives: "we'd rather not save the planet from destruction because it would cost too much money."
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Missread that as conversation
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Also conservatives: "are you sure that the government killing people is always a bad thing?"
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"Destroying society because it generates value for shareholders is totally fine, though."
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it's just too painful and horrifying to even entertain the idea that the thing you value the most and tout as omnipotent & inevitable might create an apocalyptic problem that can only be solved by your hated enemies
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In today's WSJ: "I am fairly conservative, but still, I was interested in the idea [of an electric car] because of pollution and climate change." That "but still" is very sad. [The article itself, while off topic, is sweet and funny https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-classic-volkswagen-beetle-goes-electric-11563293255 …]
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Religious conservatives ARE nihilists. "If there's no god, everything's permitted." (Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's Crime & Punishment) So, if there's god, nothing (= NIHIL) is permitted. Religious men are active nihilists, rationalistic people ("the last men") are the passive ones.
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Appreciate the sentiment. But maybe we could not affirm a disjunct in public. Formal logical fallacies make us look bad in front of the Jesuits.
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well yeah, that’s the core of conservatism. destroy life on earth if it means you can preserve certain hierarchies for the time that’s left
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