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[–] RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 0 points 2 days ago

Conservatives love the 1950's

I have been unable to find a single self-declared conservative who doesn't always end up wanting to live in fiction. They avoid non-fiction and authentic information sources. That's the only pattern I can find in common with conservatives. I've lived in South America, Africa, Middle East, Indonesia, Malaysia to study this issue - 5 nations which were Islamic nations, and my home nation USA I've lived in over 25 cities in an RV since 1999 working from home. Again and again, the only thing I can find in common with conservatives is attraction to fiction news sources like Rupert Murdoch's media systems, Elon Musk Twitter systems, Donald Trump Truth Social systems, Alex Jones media systems. Rush Limbaugh media systems. Malala in Swat Valley Pakistan described the same thing with Taliban radio broadcasts in her interviews and books.

They want to put the Bible, Torah, Quran in every school and hotel room, and that's again... wanting fiction information sources, they also want to avoid non-fiction information sources.

Conservatives love the 1950's

Outside the USA, they seem to want other periods. When Mohammad was alive, year 700 or so. Except I notice that no matter where I go, with only a few exceptions, they all have an automobile and an Apple iPhone or iPad in hand. The 1950's didn't have the technology of Twitter and an Apple iPhone, but they adopt any technology they can find. You see this in Saudi Arabia conservatives too, Russian conservatives....

I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana - and I worked (at a factory) and frequented the Amish community in Grabill Indiana. Those are the only conservative Americans I have met that don't flock to the latest technology, that actually conserve something. All the rest I meet just seem to prefer fiction information sources and repulsed by non-fiction science and non-fiction news sources.