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It always makes me laugh how conservatism - the idea that we need to conserve and not change, radically changes more than other ideologies.
It really didn't start changing until the 2010s when it was hijacked by extremists. Before that, conservativism was a pretty consistent ideology.
The hijacking of the Tea Party movement and what happened afterwards was a watershed moment for us in the USA. And we failed miserably.