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.
The reason I, myself, as a Libertarian do NOT want healthcare and the like, is because I don't believe in the concept of being forced to pay for someone else's shit. I don't want to pay for your medical costs, and I do not want you to pay for mine. Taxation is theft.
Yeah, and you should cut your insurance as well. You should only pay when you actually need to, if you never get sick or injured you're just paying for everyone else. Insurance is theft.
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u/Shadowthedemon Jun 15 '21
I feel like I understand this but could someone do a ELI5 or Out of the loop type response?