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I'm mixed on the idea that the pendulum swings one way politically then swings to another way. I'd like to stir a bit of debate by putting forth the idea that it does not actually exist in reality. The conservatives always take yesterday's positions. As time passes conservatives ape past leftists and conservatives of a bit farther in the past are regarded as putrid monsters. That sounds like a steady shift leftward to me. Sure Nixon follows Johnson, Reagan follows Carter and Trump follows Obama, but that looks to me like a temporary pause.

I'm mixed on the idea that the pendulum swings one way politically then swings to another way. I'd like to stir a bit of debate by putting forth the idea that it does not actually exist in reality. The conservatives always take yesterday's positions. As time passes conservatives ape past leftists and conservatives of a bit farther in the past are regarded as putrid monsters. That sounds like a steady shift leftward to me. Sure Nixon follows Johnson, Reagan follows Carter and Trump follows Obama, but that looks to me like a temporary pause.

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>The conservatives always take yesterday's positions. As time passes conservatives ape past leftists and conservatives of a bit farther in the past are regarded as putrid monsters. That sounds like a steady shift leftward to me.

You hit the nail on the head.

I heard of quote(I don't remember who said it, but I'm pretty sure it was said by a traditionalist) that went something like this: "Conservatives are just progressives who put their foot on the brake pedal." It's basically mocking how conservatives often fail to conserve a lot of things.

I myself am definitely not a progressive/leftist, or even a "modern" conservative. I know better than to embrace the fashion(ideology) of the current decade. I don't base my beliefs on the notion "keep up with the times".

The "average" liberals have embraced some ideas that came from communism(feminism, abolition of the family unit, abolition of natural differences/distinctions between men and women, abolition of private property, etc.) since the 1960's, while the "average" conservatives to an extent appeased to the liberals.

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Perhaps the quote you are thinking of is I certainly could not help thinking about it.

The Distributist (a YouTuber) makes the argument that looking back has been a critical weakness for the right. It should respect the past by incorporating lessons from the past into plans for the future. This way the right actually has a competing vision against the left rather than appealing to things the left has left behind.

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking about. And cool, I also watch The Distributist.