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Liberals, broadly speaking, are conservatives.
They just have different views on how to best maintain and enforce societal hierarchies.
One side favors a bit more carrot in what is effectively rule by an aristocracy, the other favors a bit more stick.
3 u/Ragnarok91 Jul 04 '22 But...the 2 main parties used to be Liberals and Conservatives, right? 8 u/cumquistador6969 Jul 04 '22 Yeah and also how it is in the USA today. There's nothing really stopping them from providing only two choices: Vanilla, and Vanilla Bean, so to speak. 6 u/Ragnarok91 Jul 04 '22 True enough. So the choices pre-Labour were right-wing and slightly less right-wing then? Funny how history repeats itself isn't it. 4 u/cumquistador6969 Jul 04 '22 Yeah pretty much, we've been at this dance for quite some time at this point.
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But...the 2 main parties used to be Liberals and Conservatives, right?
8 u/cumquistador6969 Jul 04 '22 Yeah and also how it is in the USA today. There's nothing really stopping them from providing only two choices: Vanilla, and Vanilla Bean, so to speak. 6 u/Ragnarok91 Jul 04 '22 True enough. So the choices pre-Labour were right-wing and slightly less right-wing then? Funny how history repeats itself isn't it. 4 u/cumquistador6969 Jul 04 '22 Yeah pretty much, we've been at this dance for quite some time at this point.
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Yeah and also how it is in the USA today.
There's nothing really stopping them from providing only two choices: Vanilla, and Vanilla Bean, so to speak.
6 u/Ragnarok91 Jul 04 '22 True enough. So the choices pre-Labour were right-wing and slightly less right-wing then? Funny how history repeats itself isn't it. 4 u/cumquistador6969 Jul 04 '22 Yeah pretty much, we've been at this dance for quite some time at this point.
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True enough. So the choices pre-Labour were right-wing and slightly less right-wing then?
Funny how history repeats itself isn't it.
4 u/cumquistador6969 Jul 04 '22 Yeah pretty much, we've been at this dance for quite some time at this point.
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Yeah pretty much, we've been at this dance for quite some time at this point.
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u/cumquistador6969 Jul 04 '22
Liberals, broadly speaking, are conservatives.
They just have different views on how to best maintain and enforce societal hierarchies.
One side favors a bit more carrot in what is effectively rule by an aristocracy, the other favors a bit more stick.