Date: 2026-01-21 • Raw AI/Markdown: Part 1 (.md)

Conservatism that meets 1 - 3 can be defined and lived - for instance the Amish are doing so.


Conservatism that meets 1 - 3 can be defined and lived - for instance the Amish are doing so.

The problem is not that conservatism can't be defined or followed it is that 99.9% of conservatives are not defining or following anything.

For the vast majority of conservatives, conservatism is something like Jesus is to most Christians - you say you are a follower and then do whatever you want.

If we try to define Trumpism then "do whatever you want" also comes to mind.

Of course if a conservative gave any of this any thought he would realize how incoherent his views are.

* You can't like AI and other new technology and be coherently conservative.

* You can't like war and be coherently conservative as war creates change.

* Even racism is a deeply unconservative thing to do as the definition of the artificially created "races" is constantly changing.

* And of course being pro climate change is the least conservative stance imaginable.