• hereforgoodtakes@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    But does “conservative” to you just mean violent, repressive, and pro-authoritarian?

    I’m against all those things, and I think Stalin and Hitler have a lot in common despite Stalin being “left” and “Hitler” being right, but I dont see how it serves you to call everyone who acts violently and unjustifiably towards their people a conservative.

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      3 hours ago

      Stalin was socially conservative, the opposite of socially progressive. That is how I am using the term. The same way that Russian and Chinese governments are led by conservatives and not progressives.