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  Wrong.  They want YOU to live in the stone age, while THEY are using iPhones.
context: Does the GOP sit around and come up with the most vindictive terrible ideas or what? >
  
  They do. And when you start asking questions that point out how ridiculous their suggestions are they will grouse and say "it was just a suggestion" >
  
  “Never believe that ~~anti-Semites~~ Republicans are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The ~~anti-Semites~~ Republicans have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
  Quote by Jean-Paul Sartre
  Edit by me. >
  
  FYI You didn’t need to cross out the “anti semite”. It belongs there. >
  
  Could have also replaced it with fascist and conservative. Yes, conservative belongs on the list. The whole premise of the “ideology” is to uphold status quos so that inequality in wealth and power can remain. At least initially. Now it’s all about returning to past status quos so that inequality can return to those levels. >
  
  yes. i try and explain to conservatives that the whole point of their ideology is to actively stand in the way of progress. social, economic, scientific, all forms of progress. your duty as a conservative is to prevent people from having new ideas. that is disgusting and inexcusable in my eyes. >
  
  The problem is that they want to have their cake and eat it too. They are fine with any progress that makes their lives easier (cars and modern medicine, for example) but they love obstructing only the stuff that they don't like. If they like conserving the status quo from the past they should have their cars replaced with horses and be directed to the local alchemist the next time they need something medicinal. >
  
  They want to live in the stone age while using iPhones.