TheOneWithAReallyLongName on Nostr: The only thing conservatives actually want to conserve, regardless of where they are ...

The only thing conservatives actually want to conserve, regardless of where they are in the world, is a wealthy elite class. In modern times, the elite class is always somewhat regressive, longing for the days of autocrats and aristocracies, but if the elite class loses too much wealth or power, they push regression that much harder. Any aspiring or established elites feed the masses whatever lies and policies they need to to convince the populace to allow an aristocracy, and the people allow it usually because the aristocracy allows the hierarchy to include a third class or more below enough of the people. So conservatives are inherently regressive anywhere that doesn't already freely canonize an aristocracy.