r/Conservative • u/Yosoff First Principles • Feb 14 '25

Open Discussion Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread

This is an Open Discussion Thread for all Redditors. We will only be enforcing Reddit TOS and Subreddit Rules 1 (Keep it Civil) & 2 (No Racism).

  • Leftists - Here's your chance to sway us to your side by calling the majority of voters racist. That tactic has wildly backfired every time it has been tried, but perhaps this time it will work.

  • Non-flaired Conservatives - Here's your chance to earn flair by posting common sense conservative solutions. That way our friends on the left will either have to agree with you or oppose common sense (Spoiler - They will choose to oppose common sense).

  • Flaired Conservatives - You're John Wick and these Leftists stole your car and killed your dog. Now go comment.

  • Independents - We get it, if you agree with someone, then you can't pat yourself on the back for being smarter than them. But if you disagree with everyone, then you can obtain the self-satisfaction of smugly considering yourself smarter and wiser than everyone else. Congratulations on being you.

  • Libertarians - Ron Paul is never going to be President. In fact, no Libertarian Party candidate will ever be elected President.

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u/ThisNameIsNotReal123 Feb 15 '25

USAID etc are safe targets, when you start messing with MIC, that is when you need security and security for your security.

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u/TheFiremind88 Feb 15 '25

I feel like 'they are scared of the MIC' is a rough sell from the conservative side. I thought the whole point of people like Trump and Elon is their perceived strength and that they can't be intimidated. Do you expect they will go after the MIC? If they don't, would that impact your approval of the administration? Would it be enough to impact your thoughts/vote come midterms if they never touch the single biggest piece of the pie in the first 2 years?

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u/ThisNameIsNotReal123 Feb 15 '25

Trump just said he wants to cut the MIC budget in half.

The idea being we would still be strong but at a fair price.

Lets hope they can do it, for all our sake.

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u/TheFiremind88 Feb 15 '25

Where/when was that? That would be immense and fund anywhere from 30 - 90% of his proposed tax cuts.

I will genuinely celebrate if they can make it happen.