• IronBird@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    why do we call it “conservative” again? not sure what they’re conservating at this point…

    • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      I’m Canadian, where the equivalent to the Republican party is called the Conservative Party of Canada under the guise that they are fiscally conservative.

      This is, of course, not the case but it’s the name they chose. It does lead to some confusion much like the National Socialist German Workers’ Party did.