Conservatism explained as “there must be out-groups to bind and in-groups to protect” is pretty good, but someone recently said it’s just “what’s good for me and mine right now?”. Similar idea, different angle. I think this explains much.
Conservatives don’t care about hypocrisy because it doesn’t enter into “what’s good for me and mine right now?” Pointing out that they’re being a hypocrite matters as much as someone saying to you “Your sentence wasn’t alphabetical”. It’s just not a thing they care about, just like you typically don’t think about the ordering of your words.
Conservatism explained as “there must be out-groups to bind and in-groups to protect” is pretty good, but someone recently said it’s just “what’s good for me and mine right now?”. Similar idea, different angle. I think this explains much.
Conservatives don’t care about hypocrisy because it doesn’t enter into “what’s good for me and mine right now?” Pointing out that they’re being a hypocrite matters as much as someone saying to you “Your sentence wasn’t alphabetical”. It’s just not a thing they care about, just like you typically don’t think about the ordering of your words.