Message from @NippleKing

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2018-01-10 19:19:32 UTC  

progressivism is more of a direction than a set idea. In 100 years what will be progressive will be different from now or 100 years before

2018-01-10 19:19:55 UTC  

Same as conservative

2018-01-10 19:20:09 UTC  

It's relevant to the structure of society

2018-01-10 19:20:25 UTC  

Fundamentalists are like what came before that

2018-01-10 19:20:52 UTC  

Going back to the absolute bedrock of the society

2018-01-10 19:21:04 UTC  

i think conservitism can actually replace progressivism with the definition of "out with the less structurally sound/in with the more structurally sound" but from a different perspective "keep the more structurally sound/let go of the less structurally sound"

2018-01-10 19:21:14 UTC  

This is why the exact word used is absolutely integral. People will see the word and have to know what the idea is with it or make assumptions about what it is.

2018-01-10 19:21:40 UTC  

That's why I usually avoid the established terms

2018-01-10 19:22:10 UTC  

Because of their connotations, which aren't always descriptive of the original meaning

2018-01-10 19:22:23 UTC  

Yeah while progressivism is a moving word conservitism can be seen as a standing word if you look at them like that

2018-01-10 19:22:26 UTC  

It also makes for much nicer conversation

2018-01-10 19:22:35 UTC  

Conservatism is a stranding word

2018-01-10 19:23:00 UTC  

Fundamentalist would be the standing word

2018-01-10 19:23:05 UTC  

Also why I don't like the "left/right" divide. Makes it way too easy to discredit someone elses ideas simply because they use a word they identify with.

2018-01-10 19:23:24 UTC  

There's also a different meaning here in Europe

2018-01-10 19:23:29 UTC  

left/right

2018-01-10 19:23:36 UTC  

Yeah, like being on the right or left is supposed to be an inherently bad thing? It makes no sense. lol

2018-01-10 19:23:47 UTC  

From what I've heard other American pallerinos

2018-01-10 19:23:48 UTC  

I heard my mom say something like "isn't he a republican though?" or some shit like that. Like why does it matter which letter he has next to his name if he has good ideas.

2018-01-10 19:24:08 UTC  

The two party system was a dumb idea to reinforce, mang

2018-01-10 19:24:36 UTC  

Right - more control to private sector

2018-01-10 19:24:52 UTC  

Left - more control to governments

2018-01-10 19:25:00 UTC  

In theory.

2018-01-10 19:25:15 UTC  

In practice, they're both bought out by busniesses and monied interests, so it's moot.

2018-01-10 19:25:19 UTC  

While the left around the Iraq war was completely against the government. These ideas shift

2018-01-10 19:25:20 UTC  

Yeah

2018-01-10 19:25:25 UTC  

That's the horseshoe theory

2018-01-10 19:25:33 UTC  

They end up in the same place

2018-01-10 19:25:39 UTC  

it's like if the horseshoe was made of mercury

2018-01-10 19:25:41 UTC  

You need a constant flux

2018-01-10 19:25:51 UTC  

You can't stay in the middle

2018-01-10 19:25:53 UTC  

I thought the horseshoe theory was that the extremes of the right and left, in terms of ideology, is that they end up in the same place?

2018-01-10 19:26:03 UTC  

Well, yeah

2018-01-10 19:26:05 UTC  

Their extremes

2018-01-10 19:26:08 UTC  

I was talking purely about money in politics.

2018-01-10 19:26:08 UTC  

it's that they're fundamentally the same

2018-01-10 19:26:29 UTC  

It's all nepotism

2018-01-10 19:26:40 UTC  

Because of our lame social nature

2018-01-10 19:26:44 UTC  

perceive it as you will

2018-01-10 19:26:59 UTC  

There's a difference, though

2018-01-10 19:27:23 UTC  

One comes from the production of goods/services