There is no cool version of conservatism, no ethically responsible version, no rational version ready to reclaim the tiller after Trump leaves office. The word itself betrays an inherent violence: to conserve is to avoid change, to embrace stasis, to freeze frame the now because the now is treating certain people very, very well. And those who aren’t being treated well under the current system? Better not complain. Wouldn’t want to annoy Matt and Trey. Remember: black men locked up for drug crimes and forced to do slave labor in for-profit prisons are the “exact same person” as the white
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