Egalitarianism is the root of the Left; it is an ideology. Conservatism is a folkway, which means we prefer time-proven solutions, which requires measurement by reality not human judgment. This naturally leads to a need for social order on a case-by-case basis anchored in a few general principles instead of One Big Idea.

[–] realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@amerika @LookBehindYouNowAndThen

> Egalitarianism is the root of the Left

Are you sure about this?

[–] amerika@annihilation.social -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@realcaseyrollins @LookBehindYouNowAndThen

Yes. Imagine Leftism without egalitarianism.

[–] realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@amerika @LookBehindYouNowAndThen Imagine a horse with two legs. Doesn't mean that four legs are what makes a horse a horse. That's a parts-to-whole fallacy.

[–] amerika@annihilation.social -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@realcaseyrollins @LookBehindYouNowAndThen

The core philosophy of the Left is egalitarianism; this is inherent in their origin both in the ancient times and in Revolutionary France.

"left, in politics, the portion of the political spectrum associated in general with egalitarianism and popular or state control of the major institutions of political and economic life."

https://www.britannica.com/topic/left

[–] realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@amerika @LookBehindYouNowAndThen Interesting, I did not know that.

[–] amerika@annihilation.social -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@realcaseyrollins @LookBehindYouNowAndThen

A couple more links:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egalitarianism/

https://iep.utm.edu/egalitarianism/

These are about the philosophy, but you can see the divisions in Leftism from classical liberal through Communism play out in these arguments.