when did conservatives lose their concern for.....

at one time, I was even alive for this, conservatives held that
morality, ethics was a key factor in this existence…

they would blast liberals for not being “ethical” and now conservatives focus is on
insane conspiracy theories involving wearing tin foil hats and attacking anyone
who was involved in "taking away the conservatives “rights”…

and the interesting thing is that those “rights” that are in jeopardy are not
clearly defined and understood…

those rights seem to wax and wane depending on what the latest conspiracy theory
is…it might be masks, it might be vaccines, it might be the social media, it
might be Hunter Biden laptop… those “rights” that shift so quickly and often
really can’t be part of some principles because they shift and change so often…

so, another change of pace for the “modern” conservative is the
loss of any type of principles or doctrine that defines/differentiate the conservative from
the liberal…again the place and role of the government in people’s life has been lost
by the conservative… they no longer talk about or even care about the traditional
beliefs of the conservatives… less taxes, less government, personal responsibility…

beliefs that have been the core of conservatives belief since Burke… say, 1800…

today conservatives don’t even pretend to make a defense of their beliefs,
they simply spout off insane conspiracy theories which, somehow,
defines their belief system…

for example, “stop the steal” isn’t a principle or a firmly held belief,
it is an insane conspiracy theory with no basis in facts…
and because it is a relative belief, subject to daily changes depending on
the whim of the speaker, it has no basis in reality…

a conspiracy theory isn’t a principle… it isn’t something that
we can make use of as an principle that might guide us through life,
it has no value other then being an insane conspiracy theory…

conservatives used to stand for something, values or principles that
could guide one through life…now all the conservative has is insane
conspiracy theories that have no value of any kind…

Kropotkin