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Originally Posted by HowSwedeItIs
PragerU is an interesting idea but I am curious as to how they would respond to the objection that conservatism is in this current age an impotent ideology. Both here and in the United States it seems that we have lost every battle in the culture war with the left. Our politicians are quick to compromise on important social issues in the hopes of attracting more voters but it’s getting harder to tell the difference between them and the left wing radicals
What’s left to conserve?
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A lot! While western civ isn't perfect and has made many mistakes, it has also provided many countries and people with a great quality of life and freedom, better than ever seen in history. I think conserving the core principles that made that possible is a great idea.
The way I see it, the left has been and is increasingly becoming the standard-bearers for a general decline. Every system, civilization or government has ultimately declined and destroyed itself or got into a position to be destroyed. Ours certainly appears to be heading down a very self-destructive path, boldly led by radical leftist (not liberal, though they now call themselves that) ideology. I'm not saying it's going to end here or now, but this is a negative and ruinous path in general.
I also think conservatism has done a very bad job selling itself and even focusing on reasonable and important core principles. I thought Prof. Peterson's 12 points or something were a great start.
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