Uprising of the Small-c conservatives
Posted by Vladimir (Profile)
Sunday, October 24th at 10:27PM EDT
Its a blatant tell. The Big Lie, that the current anti-statist uprising is composed of extremist ideologues, is a media favorite, but they hammer it knowing full well the opposite is true. Their message is designed to frighten and discourage the average voter from joining the uprising. In reality, the movement largely comprised of small-c conservatives, and their large numbers and sudden vocal activism scare the bejeezus out of the Ruling Class.
By nature, small-c conservatives color within the lines. They are hard-wired to play by the rules. They show up at work on time and do an honest days work. They go to church. They pay their taxes. They pay their mortgages. They keep their kids in school. They save for their own retirement - theyve always suspected that Social Security wasnt reliable, so theyd better take care of themselves.
On the other hand, Capital-C Conservatives have always been vocal political activists. They may be Movement Conservatives, Fiscal Conservatives, Social Conservatives or NeoConservatives, but in every case there is a fairly well developed philosophy or ideology that defines and motivates them.
Small-c conservatives are conservative, first and foremost, by temperament. In the past, they were largely discomfited by the conflict of our two party system. Their main political involvement, voting, was not a revolutionary act, but a civic duty. The more radical elements might have gone so far as to put up a yard sign or donate $25 to a candidate of either party.
The philosophy of the small-c conservative is pretty simple:
Fair is fair.
A deal is a deal.
Ive worked hard, and I deserve what Ive earned.
America, while not perfect, is a great country.
The American Dream worked for me and is a promise I want to keep alive for future generations.
The current regime in Washington threatens all that.
But small-c conservatives are nobodys fools. They see that a staggering chunk of tax dollars and public debt bailed out people who gamed the system (or tried): well-connected investment bankers and recipients of NINJA loans. General Motors, onetime symbol of the best of Industrial America, was taken by force from its owners and handed to the UAW, who were largely responsible for its poor fiscal health in the first place. Small-c folks know that pass the bill so you can find out whats in it is a Congressional mindset that endangers our freedom. They know instinctively that income redistribution ultimately cant be about distributing from the top 1% to the other 99%; the plan is to rob producers and savers and reward everyone else until were all equally poor.
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