Why Does Progress Scare You?

What is it those who call themselves conservatives are so afraid of, anyhow?

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People always want things to be a certain way.

You get from point ‘a’ to point ‘b’ — and then you want stability and certainty. Sometimes, for a while, you get them.

How long you get them is variable. It depends on what the thing is, environmental factors, other people, and even how you and your needs shift over time.

Then, stability is gone. You have uncertainty, are faced with change, and really wish it wasn’t going to occur.

In many respects, though, change is a good and necessary thing. It means that progress happens and that the greater good is better served.

Sorry to generalize — but — overall, conservatives that I have encountered seem to utterly fear progress. For some reason, everything progressive is bad to them.

Now they are thoroughly tied to anti-science, counterfactualism, and often resorting to name-calling against those who are progressive. Libtards? Liberal snowflakes? Surely, you have encountered these in some form or another.

They are so afraid of progress that they dig in their heels and stand their ground against all logic and reason. What’s more, they have let go of all…