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13424224, I think conservative thinking is more rooted in "tribe" than values
Posted by shockvalue, Tue Feb-16-21 11:10 AM
And the tribe they perceive being part of is a white one.

It's in the maintenance and defense of the tribe that conservatives so quickly sell out their so-called "values". This was strikingly on display when Trump was shitting on vets, and conservatives didn't give a shit. Trump had become the leader of the tribe, and anything he did tactically to further that was fair game.

It's cultlike.

Out of morbid curiosity, I like to imagine what would happen if you had a phenom-type black "traditional" conservative Republican candidate for pres in 2024, and Trump ran against that person in the GOP primary, and Trump outflanked the black conservative on the left. Is there ANY "values-abrogating" position Trump could take that would result in his defeat in this primary? I wish we could run that sim to see how far Trump would have to go to lose in this situation.