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by aleph_minus_one
36 days ago
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> preserving the environment should be a trivial sell to a conservative base (it's literally in the name). Be careful with such a statement: in the USA conservatism is defined as something different than what the Latin word origin suggests. See for example Russell Kirk's principles of conservatism: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conservatism_in_t... |
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> A recognition that innovation must be tied to existing traditions and customs, which entails a respect for the political value of prudence.[173]
100% compatible with environmentalism, described as "preserving the environment".
Environmentalism is also compatible with Haidt's findings about US conservatives valuing "sanctity"/"purity" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_foundations_theory).