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The whole party is a cult now. I got banned from the conservative subreddit just for asking - as a conservative myself - what conservative values they think a criminal like him is embodying. What exactly is he conserving? This man has cheated on all of his wives, is a racist, extremely egotistical, etc. He’s closer to the Antichrist than the second coming of Christ. His entire admin is just birds of a feather.
This is part of the issue.
That is the conservative platform and has been for as long as I've been alive, he is accurately representing them hence the lack of pushback.
That said yes he's so very close to the anti Christ's description it's not even funny.
I don't know you and I don't want to judge or tell you what you are or sound like but from that description you're more left of center then right.
It's funny because "true conservatives" usually mean they are fiscally conservatives and if we look at Canada the most fiscally conservatives governments (i.e. the ones that ran the least deficits whole in power) are the ones on the left side of the political spectrum.
That tends to be the case in many countries because the left are under so much scrutiny they have to be very careful with budgets. The right, on the other hand, are given a pass to do all kinds of irresponsible things because they are assumed to be "fiscally responsible" and their supporters only want to hear them say "tax cut" a few times and they're satisfied.
That and social programs are actually cost effective. Give access to education to people, they end up with better jobs and repay the investment via taxes. Give them access to healthcare, they can keep working instead of being disabled for life because they couldn't get treatments. House them, they can find work.
For all their professed know-how with money, conservatives have never understood the idea of investing in society for a long-term return. They're always very short-sighted.
I am hoping that it is one of the factors that leads to the Trump Reich being obliterated. The good guys actually tries to make sure their society works.