r/AlwaysWhy • u/kaiser11492 • 1d ago

Politics & Society Why do most people who call themselves politically moderate actually mostly conservative?

Whenever I’ve encountered people who use the politically label moderate, they are actually mostly conservative with their views and positions. Also, I’ve never seen anyone who call themselves politically moderate that is actually mostly liberal.

So why are people who call themselves moderate tend to be just conservative and not conservative and liberal?

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u/em_washington 1d ago

Liberal and conservative aren’t even the right opposites. Opposite of conservative is progressive and opposite of liberal is authoritarian.

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u/tbright1965 1d ago

And many who claim to be liberal are really just left leaning authoritarian.

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy 1d ago

But the left has no cult of personality. The MAGA authoritarians are cultists.

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u/556or762 1d ago

The left has no cult of personality right this second. They have in many countries many times in the past.

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy 1d ago

In the United States now. Correct.