• stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    “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.”

    Or, pithier:

    The rules for sheep don’t apply to lions.

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      1 day ago

      I mean, it’s just so plainly and obviously true yet for some reason almost no one sees it.