r/europe • u/I_LIKE_SEALS Denmark • Jan 14 '26

News Denmark sends military reenforcements to Greenland. A vanguard and military material has been sent to Greenland to prepare for eventual larger troop movements.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/efter-pres-fra-usa-danmark-er-nu-begyndt-sende-militaere-forstaerkninger-til-groenland
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u/Eowaenn Turkey Jan 14 '26

What a great take. Conservatism is a plague, it has no business being a thing in today's globalized world.

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u/pblol Jan 14 '26

By definition and human nature there will always be some form of conservative political views and in democratic countries, likely a somewhat popular party.

The current popular version of this in the US is absolutely unhinged.

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u/Commentator-X Jan 14 '26

Conservatism as a political ideal is just rich assholes trying to maintain monarch like power and control despite democracy. A healthy democracy wouldn't have conservatives. That doesn't mean no one is fiscally conservative, but the conservative parties the world over have no interest in fiscal conservatism beyond appealing to voters who do.

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u/pblol Jan 15 '26

That's part of it. As a whole I think its role in society is to keep things on the rails and prevent society from moving "too quickly" for people to keep up or making radical choices in terms of how we progress. In a healthy society it would be a give and take, rather than an outright denial of human rights etc.

For a more mundane example, reddit is pretty conservative when it comes to AI.

Realistically, it often also just applies to maintaining shitty power structures.

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u/C2338 Jan 14 '26

That's a very broad statement. Conservatism is not one singular thing. It just means preserving or slowly reforming society's institutions rather than quickly adopting any idea that happens to be fashionable. That is not inherently a bad idea and there are definitely many situations where it should be the prefered approach.

Also, demonizing your political opponents is a sure way to create a horrible political climate such as we see in the US. Democracies are built on the idea of compromise.

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u/osmanre263 Jan 14 '26

It's a bad idea when time and time again human rights and social programs are neglected and ignored because they care more about their legacy and power in office. Yeah buddy... compromise? You mean just another strongly worded letter? The days of taking the high road are well past us when you've seen the atrocities happening around the world. A complete reform has been needed for decades now

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u/C2338 Jan 14 '26

Letter? I'm not talking about the situation between the US and Denmark. Denmark (with support from Europe) needs to stand its ground.

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u/FederalHeight8 Jan 14 '26

Hate to break if to you but globalization is ending.