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nephihaha an hour ago

Americans have changed/reversed a lot of political definitions including conservative/liberal.

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herbst an hour ago | parent | next [-]

To be fair liberal and conservative is still used in it's actual sense whenever I hear it here in central Europe. US politics is barely a topic, even less something people actually care about.

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asdfaoeu an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

How has conservative changed?

	▲	ben_w an hour ago \| parent [-]
		In the original sense, a "conservative" was someone who avoided change and only made it after careful consideration. Chesterton's fence is a commonly given example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton%27s_fence The word "conservative" is currently being applied to the Republican party, who are reforming the US as hard and fast as they can manage, without careful consideration. A "move fast and break things" approach is about as un-conservative as one can be.