On: Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?

[bluegatty]

It's not about in-groups and out-groups - that is far to general.

Historically, conservatism would have been strongly related to power structures.

In more contemporary terms it is as well, but not ostensibly about class.

There are no popular conservative movements that are mostly concerned with 'noble birth' for gosh sakes, or titles.

This whole discussion is ridiculoous.

Nobody is saying that 'The children of Senators should have special titles and special legal status'.

[monideas → bluegatty]

There are no popular conservative movements in the US at all. “Popular conservative movement” is almost an oxymoron.

The “conservative movement” in the US is just liberalism, the US was conceived as a liberal project. The founding mythology is a revolution against a king

[bluegatty → monideas]

No, Conservatism is a group of well accepted political ideals, and they can be also be populist.

[monideas → bluegatty]

What are these political ideals?

[bluegatty → monideas]

It would be conspiratorial and glib to suggest that widely accepted ideals somehow 'do not exist'.

This is one of the few places where people would try to make the case.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism