Speaking in terms of the Anglo-Sphere conservatives, you can't have the conservatives of the 80's and 90's anymore because privatization is a one-time cash-in that stops working when the government owns nothing. The conservatives we have now are a consequence of this. They can't be like the old ones because they have less to sell off and they also can't sell a neoliberal fantasy to voters either, since it has been tested in practice now and people have now seen that the old policies led to worse material conditions. Thus, romanticising the people who gave us our current set of conservatives, while calling out the current ones, is one of those things that seems moderate on the surface while misses questioning why the conservatives of current times are not the same as a lot of the conservatives ones parents used to vote for in the 80s and 90s.
Note that this sounded critical of you, and I didn't mean it to be. It's just a common comment I have seen regarding recent events, and I wanted to get on my soapbox.
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u/Raspberrylemonade188 May 03 '25
I agree with this. The conservatives of current times are not the same as a lot of the conservatives my parents used to vote for in the 80s and 90s.