#Conservatism, as a #political_philosophy (to the extraordinarily limited extent one can dignify it with that description) is comprehensively explained by #Wilhoit's Law (i.e., a throw-away comment to a blog post, which is as much explanation as conservatism needs or merits) -- see links in comments below.

But it's @rickperlstein's 2012 article in The Baffler that explains conservatism as a business model.

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/08/the-apotheosis-of-the-long-con

@skepticsbookoflists @godpod Have you heard of Wilhoit’s law?

”Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

Quod erat demonstrandum.

#conservatism #wilhoit #law

Jason #Kottke does a great job showing how Jamelle Bouie's most recent NYTimes editorial demonstrates Frank #Wilhoit's definition of conservatism.

The best thing I've seen online in a while.

https://kottke.org/23/05/the-four-republican-freedoms

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

#politics #policing #wilhoit #law

#Traducción #castellano/#español:

"El conservadurismo consiste exactamente en una proposición, a saber: Debe haber endogrupos a los que la ley protege pero no obliga, junto a exogrupos a los que la ley obliga pero no protege."
#Cita: Frank Wilhoit
#Fuente (del #original en #inglés): https://slate.com/business/202...

#Conservadurismo #Endogrupos #Exogrupos #Ley #Protección #Obligación #FrankWilhoit #Wilhoit

Übersetzung #deutsch:

"Der Konservatismus besteht aus genau einem Lehrsatz, nämlich dem: Es muss "in-groups" geben, die das Gesetz schützt, aber nicht bindet, und "out-groups", die das Gesetz bindet, aber nicht schützt."
#Zitat: Frank Wilhoit
#Quelle (des englisch​en #Original​s): https://slate.com/business/202...

#Konservatismus #InGroups #OutGroups #Gesetz #Schutz #Bindung #FrankWilhoit #Wilhoit

"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
#Quote: Frank Wilhoit
#Source: https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html

#Conservatism #InGroups #OutGroups #Law #Protection #Binding #FrankWilhoit #Wilhoit