day no. 17,376: politicks

“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.” — G.K. Chesterton; Illustrated London News, April 19, 1924

Because progressives are always thinking in terms of solutions instead of trade-offs, they are always creating the next problem to be solved. They are also shocked to discover that new problems came up and even more shocked to discover that they were a direct result of the last solution they proposed. 

Because conservatives are always thinking in terms of trade-offs, they are always seeking to keep the problems they are comfortable with rather than adopt some new problem they have never dealt with before. They are shocked when the new problem is pushed through and even more shocked to discover that they are merely conserving the progressive mistakes of the past.

"Conservatism is a party which never conserves anything." — R.L. Dabney

Progression and conservatism are only as good as what they are progressing toward and what they are conserving respectively. Progressing in the Spirit of God is good and conserving the work of the Spirit in the past is good. But if you merely value tradition, you will find that your grandchildren will be conserving the values of those you are currently fighting because by then it will simply be the way it's always been done.

"Conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition." — R.L. Dabney

Secular progressives wants to drive off the cliff at 80 mph, but secular conservatives fight back and argue that we should only be going 50 mph. No one is arguing about not driving off the cliff, however.

"The only practical purpose which conservatism now subserves in American politics is to give enough exercise to Radicalism to keep it 'in wind.' and to prevent its becoming pursy and lazy, from having nothing to whip." — R.L. Dabney

At this point, conservatives primarily help progressives raise donations. The fact that anyone still opposes the radical nonsense of the Left is enough to fill their coffers with campaign support. This truth is so apparent in our day that some left wing organizations have begun funding right wing radicalism in order to generate more support from the left wing. It turns out you get a good return on your investment. You get more money from libs if you give them nazis to fight. 

When it come to politics, both parties are politicks sucking the lifeblood from their donors. And if that wasn't bad enough, they also found a way for the ticks to transmit diseases. So, not only are you losing your lifeblood, but they're corrupting the blood they cannot get to.