• cacheson@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Conservativism, in the sense of being cautious about change, is an important perspective to have. The problem is that a lot of people that call themselves conservatives are actually reactionaries.

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      1 year ago

      Reactionaries are just reacting to proposed changes, its inline with being cautious about change. Maybe a little too cautious, but still

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        1 year ago

        That’s a different (and imo less useful) definition of reactionary. Reactionaries in the sense that I’m talking about are those that want to return society to some previous (generally awful) status quo.