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[–] Njos2SQEZtPVRhH@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i don't think our political views differ much. But I wouldn't let them have this word, for it has a meaning that is bigger than them. You say conservatism has never been wanting to keep society as is, I'd say it is exactly that, and I would fight these so called conservatives by pointing out that, as you said, they're only conservative when it comes to their positions of power. If you allow them to own, so to speak, the term conservatism, then people might fall for these movements, because they feel the world is moving to fast, things of importance are being lost and should be conserved. It doesn't work to say: but anyone who knows about politics knows that the conservatives don't actually conserve anything of importance, because many voters know very little about politics. They need to be called out, we shouldn't except the frame that they're the ones conserving, while they're destroying the planet, the wellfare state, society.

I'm actually a member of the dutch green and workers-parties, which are fusing into one new party this year and will then change their name to Progressief Nederland, and despite being happy with the party, I am strongly uncomfortable with this name. For I don't feel I am progressive in many if not most senses of the word.