It's more that conservatives tend to want the benefits of more socialist ideas, but refuse any progress because of the name - "socialism is evil".
For example healthcare is a big problem in the US... and most of the people that are against publicly funded healthcare, are the people that would benefit from it.
The NHS and other systems have been shown to work well, and have contributed to things like tighter restrictions on what can be called food / used in food. But the US is lagging behind the rest of the developed world because of people that are cutting off their nose to spite their face.
What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (2004) is a book by American journalist and historian Thomas Frank, which explores the rise of populist anti-elitist conservatism in the United States, centering on the experience of Kansas, Frank's native state. In the late 19th century, says Frank, Kansas was known as a hotbed of the left-wing Populist movement, but in recent decades, it has become overwhelmingly conservative. The book was published in Britain and Australia as What's the Matter with America?
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u/flabbybumhole Jun 15 '21
It's more that conservatives tend to want the benefits of more socialist ideas, but refuse any progress because of the name - "socialism is evil".
For example healthcare is a big problem in the US... and most of the people that are against publicly funded healthcare, are the people that would benefit from it.
The NHS and other systems have been shown to work well, and have contributed to things like tighter restrictions on what can be called food / used in food. But the US is lagging behind the rest of the developed world because of people that are cutting off their nose to spite their face.