r/AskConservatives

Currently people are starving and only have an hour or two of electricity a day. Needs are not being met thanks to our blockade. So with the country in this state of desperation and a potential power vacuum coming, what do the people do?

I think it should be pretty interesting to see what non-Americans think about universal healthcare given how a lot of American conservatives here seem to be completely against it and that all it takes to fix the American system is just more deregulation.

Its become a common talking point on the right that those that don't contribute or have "skin in the game" should not be able to vote. If we remove taxation from the bottom 50% of earners (as Jeff Bezos recently suggested), would this become the justification the right needs to disqualify them from voting?

Post-war, the US would have counted Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, etc. But has Trump alienated all these nations? Is it repairable? Do you care?

I saw a question in a liberal sub asking why the left doesn't attack poorly performing Red States like Mississippi the same way the right demonized California.

Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Oklahoma are all consistently ranked near the bottom of states to live in. New Mexico is the only blue state that is ranked roughly as low.

So what is the general response to these poorly performing Red States and how they reflect on Republican governance.

The Labour Party lost more than 1400 council seats in the last election - they lost seats that haven't been lost in a century. His cabinet members have asked Starmer to resign and when he didn't, they resigned. So (American asking) why is Kier Starmer still the PM???

Ever since Indian origin politicians like Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris, and Jagmeet Singh have risen to prominence, I feel like this has led to a backlash on both the left and the right, especially the Republican Party after Vivek’s comments about American culture. Additionally, there are increasingly negative views about H-1Bs, the majority of which come from India. Politicians like Laura Loomer and Bernie Sanders have called this out. This has caused housing issues in Canada, so racism against Indians is growing in Canada. HR tech workers are also known for hiring within their caste, and still practicing caste discrimination. Lastly, influencers like Tyler Oliveira are traveling to India itself to show how unhygienic the country is, deliberately stoking anti Indian sentiment.

Source for what he said today: https://x.com/jeffbezos/status/2057148900763385950?s=46

“The United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.”

To my knowledge this is the first time he’s saying something like this publicly.

A) Why do you think he said this now?

B) Say that this policy was actually implemented. Do you think the government should raise taxes on the wealthy to compensate for the lost revenue? How do you think somebody like Bezos would react if that actually happened?

A lot of people are scared because of Trump’s actions. They see the aggressive foreign policy, rising prices, and corruption in the administration. Whether you think thats rational or not what would you say to them to try to calm them? Not insulting them or calling them doomer. Legitimately trying to calm them.

Personally when I heard the same fears from conservatives during Biden I told them the best advice I can give is to put down the news. Thats what I did.

It doesn’t just have to be because of politics. (although Kevin Sorbo and Dean Cain haven’t been in anything worthwhile since the 90s). I still enjoy Smashing Pumpkins even though Billy Corgan is kind of a dick. I used to really like Jeepers Creepers but I haven’t gone back back to it ever since I heard what the director did. F*CK that guy and F*CK Francis Ford Coppola for bailing him out😑😑

I heard someone on the radio talking about this today, and they gave the example of the ‘Mangionista’ women with press passes from NYC covering the Mangione case. They were openly saying on video how they supported what happened and that the CEO deserved it, without a care about his children. What they said was exceedingly vulgar.

Or that while Lord of the Rings was good vs evil, something like Game of Thrones was all nihilistic and evil. There was no good, and that’s what our kids are being presented.

Then they stuff their faces in their phones all day, and lose track of the value of human life, etc.

Is this a problem and is it getting worse? What can be done about it?

Personality I find it disgraceful and performative patriotism. In my opinion these people are not patriots at all.

The United States Flag code specifically prohibits flying the flag in any way where it is likely to be damaged.

§ 8. Respect for flag

(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.

(k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning. (Disposal of Unserviceable Flags Ceremony)

Just yesterday I was driving through town and I saw another one, flag had been ripped to shreads from the wind force while driving. Dirty, covered in dust dirt and grim.

Personality I feel doing this is disrespectful, and completely against the flag code, which is why I say its performative patriotism, but I would like to know the general thoughts on this in the conservative circle.

By "autonomous weapon," I mean a robot which can dispense deadly force without a human pulling the trigger.

Examples include:

• CIWS with safeties off, other sentry autoturrets.

• Drones and loitering munitions with on-board target detection algorithms.

• Robot dogs with guns mounted on them (like that recent Chinese video.)

• *Terminator-*style killer robots.

Examples do not include:

• Sentry turrets with a human finger on the trigger.

• FPV drones.

• Bomb disposal robots.

Some of these already exist; the rest AI will soon make possible. There will be intense military pressure to deploy them - they keep human soldiers out of fire, we need them because China will build them too, etc. But they allow the automation of a good deal of violence, concentrating power and circumventing the conscience.

I tend to think we'll need them for defense, but we really ought to negotiate an arms treaty for offensive use. I also strongly object to replacing human cops with Atlases, since that could swiftly lead to an authoritarian dystopia. But if cops have them, I think we the people should have them too, under 2A.

Thoughts?

I read an article from Politico that describes the primaries that took place yesterday. The main point of the article was that the Democrats' base is putting all of their support behind progressive candidates. And based on the article, progressives are mainly known for fighting against Trump and separating from the moderate Democrats (the ones who "play it safe," according to Politico).

Because of the distinction from moderate Democrats, and according to some other articles I've read, some people equate progressives to the far-left. Mainly, people who are much more radical in what they think. It's come to the point where Kamala Harris took on a "no bad ideas" policy that suggested things such as revising the Constitution.

Would you agree or disagree with this assessment of progressives? And based on your opinion, what do you think the future of the Democratic Party will look like if more progressives take the stage?

I see a lot of “Israel first” and “MIGA” comments from parts of the right, but I rarely see people explain what the actual replacement policy would be.

If the US pulls back from Israel, what is the intended outcome?

Do people believe the region becomes more stable? That Iran-backed groups become less influential? That radical Islamist movements become weaker? That China/Russia won’t fill the vacuum?

I’m not asking if Israel is perfect. No country is.

I’m asking what the realistic America First foreign policy strategy is for the Middle East if support for Israel is dramatically reduced or eliminated, and why people believe the result would be better for the US or the West long term.