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		Nullabillity 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The A.I. Monarchy Fundamentally, conservatism is about conserving (and reinforcing) existing power structures. Everything else is just set dressing.

goatlover 6 months ago [–]

Conservatives are currently dismantling the Federal bureaucracy, not conserving it.

ImPostingOnHN 6 months ago | | [–]

The federal bureaucracy isn't the power structure, it's a threat to the power structure, hence it being dismantled by the power structure.

Nullabillity 6 months ago | | [–]

In order to conserve (well, further entrench) the power of the oligarchy.

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