alt Hacker NewsEh, I don’t think not wanting gambling and amoral behavior to consume society makes me a conservative in any real sense of the word. More just common sense pragmatism, is how I’d put it.
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ifyoubuildit • yesterday at 7:30 PM
Maybe you mean in any modern sense of the word, but I'm pretty sure that is indeed a large part of what it used to mean.
mattgreenrocks • today at 1:59 AM
IMO, the world simply functions better when we strive for virtue.
protonbob • yesterday at 7:18 PM
Amoral by what standard? That’s where the conservatism comes in.
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BurningFrog • yesterday at 8:45 PM
Sure, but Chesterton's Fence is a pretty foundational argument among many conservatives.
Conservatives think societies are hard to understand, which makes them hard to engineer, and replacing institutions that work with new inventions needs to be done carefully and slowly.
cyanydeez • yesterday at 7:27 PM
Think of it as grift and not gambling.
The Chesterton’s Fence argument is an argument against progressive social changes, no?