That's not conservatism, that's what any system of governance consists of.

Humans are prone to hypocrisy because they have blind spots. The luckier a person is, the easier they have it, the faster and higher they rise, the more ignorant/delusional they are by the time they reach the top. At the top, these people have the power to shape the world in accordance to their fanciful beliefs and severely skewed/optimistic worldviews.

There aren't many people in power who understand reality unfortunately because everyone who got any power had to be very lucky to get it.

The people who get to power are often the least qualified to use it effectively because their entire existence is colored by a myth that everything just keeps getting better if you just set your mind to it.

No person who has ever attained power or success has ever had the first hand experience of hard work never paying off. Yet it is the normal experience of life for the vast majority of people. This realistic worldview demands a very different set of laws than what the typical person who attains power will provide.

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enugu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Thomas Edison?

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

Maybe you can reframe your point as a typical trend, but there are other typical paths as well.

Googling "succesful people with history of failure" gives interesting examples.

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actionfromafar 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe someone worked as hard as Edison but did not succeed.

	▲	IAmBroom 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Like some of his competitors in the race to develop electrical lighting? Many suffered fires that destroyed their workspaces.

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bryanlarsen 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Biden's second largest donor, SBF, is spending many years behind bars.

	▲	jongjong 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Must have been a massive shock in contrast to his life up until that point... But even he is more optimistic being in jail than I've ever been in my life. SBF probably still thinks he can be pardoned. Probably still thinks he will rebuild everything. Success creates a kind of delusional optimism which serves like a permanent light at the of the tunnel; which most people don't have.
	▲	Yizahi 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Crypto-token fans are overwhelmingly supporting conservatives in all countries across the globe and especially in USA, because the whole basis of their "business" is hinged on ignoring laws and getting a pass by the conservative admin. Zhao just plain bribed Trump with 2 billion dollars to go free after being jailed by the Dem administration, lol. Talk about support :) .