The Rise of Conservatism: Crash Course US History #41
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Drew
Compared to most summaries of conservatism given by a liberal, this one was at least closer to fair than usual. Not completely mind you, especially with the not so subtle digs against our concerns on how welfare is run and furthering the vastly incorrect stereotype that race was a core factor outside the deep south. Conservatism, especially modern conservatism, is best summed up as believing people should be in control of their own lives and that average citizens could run things more efficiently than the government does. People tend to be more conservative than they think on one issue or another (and many professed conservatives hold some liberal ideologies too)
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Compared to most summaries of conservatism given by a liberal, this one was at least closer to fair than usual. Not completely mind you, especially with the not so subtle digs against our concerns on how welfare is run and furthering the vastly incorrect stereotype that race was a core factor outside the deep south. Conservatism, especially modern conservatism, is best summed up as believing people should be in control of their own lives and that average citizens could run things more efficiently than the government does. People tend to be more conservative than they think on one issue or another (and many professed conservatives hold some liberal ideologies too)
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John
I wouldn't really consider Nixon representative of the conservative movement. He claimed to believe in Keynesian economics, and many of his policies were indistinguishable from the liberals of his time; he even proposed universal basic income. Ronald Reagan, I would argue, was the true poster boy of conservatism. He slashed taxes, expressed fear of an overreaching government, and propped up family values. Also, I don't think it's fair to conflate Nixon being tough on crime to being opposed to the civil rights movement.
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I wouldn't really consider Nixon representative of the conservative movement. He claimed to believe in Keynesian economics, and many of his policies were indistinguishable from the liberals of his time; he even proposed universal basic income. Ronald Reagan, I would argue, was the true poster boy of conservatism. He slashed taxes, expressed fear of an overreaching government, and propped up family values. Also, I don't think it's fair to conflate Nixon being tough on crime to being opposed to the civil rights movement.
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J. R
A lot of the -big government- programs Nixon started were common sense programs. For example, the EPA started with the purpose of telling companies to not dump literal waste into water. Obviously now the EPA has been labeled as far left by conservatives with -radical ideas- such as clean energy and fuel efficient cars.
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A lot of the -big government- programs Nixon started were common sense programs. For example, the EPA started with the purpose of telling companies to not dump literal waste into water. Obviously now the EPA has been labeled as far left by conservatives with -radical ideas- such as clean energy and fuel efficient cars.
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Gavin
Yikes. No mention of William F Buckley or National Review or Russell Kirk or Friedrich Hayek or Milton Friedman or Ludwig von Mises, Bill Cristol, William Safire, George Santayana, Robert Nisbet, Richard Neuhaus, tNRA, tSouthern Baptist Convention, tUSCCB, Neo-Conservativism.
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Yikes. No mention of William F Buckley or National Review or Russell Kirk or Friedrich Hayek or Milton Friedman or Ludwig von Mises, Bill Cristol, William Safire, George Santayana, Robert Nisbet, Richard Neuhaus, tNRA, tSouthern Baptist Convention, tUSCCB, Neo-Conservativism.
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Expendable4
This is not entirely correct about Goldwater. Goldwater was a true conservative who stood by his principles in believing in federalism. He believed in state-s rights and that it-s up the people in their own state to decide. But it did cost him the election.
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This is not entirely correct about Goldwater. Goldwater was a true conservative who stood by his principles in believing in federalism. He believed in state-s rights and that it-s up the people in their own state to decide. But it did cost him the election.
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Stac
Sad that you can't leave your political views/thoughts out of teaching. maybe you could actually teach something that wasn't contaminated. you know! The POUR TRUTH! Just a shame since you actually have an ounce of talent. JUST SAYING.
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Sad that you can't leave your political views/thoughts out of teaching. maybe you could actually teach something that wasn't contaminated. you know! The POUR TRUTH! Just a shame since you actually have an ounce of talent. JUST SAYING.
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Random
conservatism: resurfaced in the 1870s in late reconstruction, 1920s, 1970's (topic of this video, late 2010's. hey, every 40-50 years, conservatism comes back to interrupt the gradual progressive direction of the country.
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conservatism: resurfaced in the 1870s in late reconstruction, 1920s, 1970's (topic of this video, late 2010's. hey, every 40-50 years, conservatism comes back to interrupt the gradual progressive direction of the country.
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Darth
Uhhh. So now Republicans are anti-civil rights?
Have you heard of a democrat called Strom Thurmond?
You know, the one who talked for 36 hours to try and defeat the Civil Rights Act that the Republicans championed?
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Uhhh. So now Republicans are anti-civil rights?
Have you heard of a democrat called Strom Thurmond?
You know, the one who talked for 36 hours to try and defeat the Civil Rights Act that the Republicans championed?
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Libros
I don't agree Nixon was pro-segregation. Given that democrats had 100 years later adopt civil rights republicans focused in economy. But this don't make republicans racist or pro-segregation.
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I don't agree Nixon was pro-segregation. Given that democrats had 100 years later adopt civil rights republicans focused in economy. But this don't make republicans racist or pro-segregation.
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