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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Nope, I was just (not so seriously) complaining that conservative got stuck onto authoritarian, again, sigh.
Sure, I think a deference to authority is generally a more conservative trait, but if the authority you value is one that honors civil liberties, maybe like the Bill of Rights, well, it all just gets kind of muddled.
If we've got left and right labeled progressive and conservative, why not use entirely different terms for the other axis?
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I do think there's a difference between the type of conservative you're talking about and the type they are.
After all, the US is a liberal democracy. So even conservatives that agree with a liberal democracy would fall toward the progressive side of the spectrum here.
I think why they're both labeled the same is to show governments that are progressive in some rights and "conservative" in others, or conservative on all counts (fascism), or progressive on all counts (anarchism).
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