Who once said: “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. It left me.”
I feel the same way about having once been a conservative.
FT articulates my feelings on the matter
"Conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic are narrowing opportunity, concentrating wealth and protecting monopoly interests. The centre right has almost ceased to do majority politics. It defines national interest in terms of the already powerful and increasingly abandons the middle and lower classes to their fate. They are persuaded by past fictions that what is in the interest of the winners percolates to those below them. In short, conservatives are unknowingly creating an oligarchy, one which will make us all plebs. By following the interests of a vested minority, conservatives may not win a general election for years. Of course, this is not conservative intention or wish but the rhetoric should not conceal the reality."
In contrast, it seems liberal flamethrower, Bill Maher, who I frequently disagree with - but always enjoy, is much more moderate and reasonable than the right.
I feel the same way about having once been a conservative.
FT articulates my feelings on the matter
"Conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic are narrowing opportunity, concentrating wealth and protecting monopoly interests. The centre right has almost ceased to do majority politics. It defines national interest in terms of the already powerful and increasingly abandons the middle and lower classes to their fate. They are persuaded by past fictions that what is in the interest of the winners percolates to those below them. In short, conservatives are unknowingly creating an oligarchy, one which will make us all plebs. By following the interests of a vested minority, conservatives may not win a general election for years. Of course, this is not conservative intention or wish but the rhetoric should not conceal the reality."
In contrast, it seems liberal flamethrower, Bill Maher, who I frequently disagree with - but always enjoy, is much more moderate and reasonable than the right.
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