I think what makes genuinely right-wing or reactionary politics (not necessarily conservatism which is in some ways its own thing) so repellent at times is that it's essentially betting against all the good in human nature, whereas Liberalism (including European liberal-conservatism) is broadly for that kind of stuff. The incentives are …
I think what makes genuinely right-wing or reactionary politics (not necessarily conservatism which is in some ways its own thing) so repellent at times is that it's essentially betting against all the good in human nature, whereas Liberalism (including European liberal-conservatism) is broadly for that kind of stuff. The incentives are rather perverse. I suppose if you go far enough left you regress into equally parasitic and cynical behaviour though, it's just that they're more moralistic about their cruelty.
I think what makes genuinely right-wing or reactionary politics (not necessarily conservatism which is in some ways its own thing) so repellent at times is that it's essentially betting against all the good in human nature, whereas Liberalism (including European liberal-conservatism) is broadly for that kind of stuff. The incentives are rather perverse. I suppose if you go far enough left you regress into equally parasitic and cynical behaviour though, it's just that they're more moralistic about their cruelty.